Shows tradition as repeated reinterpretation rather than an unchanged recipe passed intact through time.
A useful synthesis that should be reconciled with Imbibe! and original bar manuals before the website history is drafted.
English describes drinkers reacting against liqueur-heavy fancy and improved cocktails by requesting an old-fashioned Whiskey Cocktail, then traces later muddled-fruit versions and the modern craft-bar return to a simpler whiskey, sugar, bitters, and water form.
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Chapter 9 — Evolution of the Cocktail
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