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Ardent Spirits e-letter: Special Manhattan Cocktail Edition

Volume 9, Issue 15, September 21, 2007
by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan
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Editorial

Apologies for such a skimpy issue.  We've been in La Belle France, you know.  We did want to share the article that appeared in today's San Francisco Chronicle with you, though, so hopefully this is better than nothing . . .

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The Cocktailian

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The Manhattan Project

 

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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