Verify the 1806 wording through an authoritative image or transcription before using it as a dated public-history claim.
Foundation for teaching the Old-Fashioned as a cocktail architecture rather than only one fixed recipe.
Simonson frames the Old-Fashioned as a whiskey expression of the 1806 printed cocktail definition: spirit, sugar, water, and bitters. He uses that structural continuity to explain both the drink's historical importance and its modern revival.
Displayed book page 9; supplied PDF sheet 17
Displayed book page 7; supplied PDF sheet 15
“The Grandfather of Them All”
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Simonson frames the Old-Fashioned as a whiskey expression of the 1806 printed cocktail definition: spirit, sugar, water, and bitters. He uses that structural continuity to explain both the drink's historical importance and its modern revival.
Location and context
“The Grandfather of Them All”; Displayed book page 7; supplied PDF sheet 15; through Displayed book page 9; supplied PDF sheet 17.
Use note
Foundation for teaching the Old-Fashioned as a cocktail architecture rather than only one fixed recipe.
Qualification
Verify the 1806 wording through an authoritative image or transcription before using it as a dated public-history claim.