American-specific support that cocktail service is not a modern departure from an exclusively neat tradition.
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Broom's American history states that whiskey cocktails were already being enjoyed by American drinkers by the start of the nineteenth century.
PDF sheet 40
North America 1745–1900
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Verified paraphrase from Whisky: The Manual, PDF sheet 40.
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American-specific support that cocktails are not a modern departure from an exclusively neat tradition.