Wondrich, David. Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to “Professor” Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar. New York: Perigee, 2007.
Traces the bitters-and-restorative inheritance and separates the 1803 first known printed mention from the 1806 explicit definition.
David Wondrich, Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash (New York: Perigee, 2007), Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition.
David Wondrich, Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash (New York: Perigee, 2007), Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition.
Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition
Wondrich, Imbibe!, Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition.
Chapter 7, “Cocktails and Crustas” — early bitters, the 1803 mention, and the 1806 definition
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