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Volume 9, Issue 15, September 21, 2007
by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan
© 2007 Reganomics, Inc.




September 21, 2007
The dry gin martini is often heralded as the king of cocktails, but it's the Manhattan that's the true sovereign of the V-shaped glass. The martini, a mere pretender to the throne, was far more interesting prior to Prohibition - when vermouth made up a full third of the drink and it just wasn't a martini without orange bitters. The Manhattan, on the other hand, is a drink to be reckoned with . . .

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