Simonson, Robert. The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail, with Recipes and Lore. Photographs by Daniel Krieger. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2014.
Simonson presents Wisconsin's brandy-based, often fruit-forward and soda-finished Old-Fashioned as a continuing regional tradition tied to local drinking rituals rather than a temporary deviation from a national norm.
Robert Simonson, The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail, with Recipes and Lore (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2014), Displayed book page 54; supplied PDF sheet 59; Displayed book page 55; supplied PDF sheet 60.
Displayed book page 55; supplied PDF sheet 60
Displayed book page 54; supplied PDF sheet 59
Simonson, The Old-Fashioned, Displayed book page 54; supplied PDF sheet 59.
“The Brandy Old-Fashioned”
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