Louis' Mixed Drinks
by Louis Muckensturm, 1906,
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This was one of the first books in the Ardent Spirits
collection--I think that
Bonnie Slotnick, an intrepid New York rare book seller, found it for us in
the early 1990s. Indeed, Bonnie found lots
of our most important books for us.
Louis' Mixed Drinks
is one of the first books to detail the Dry Martini Cocktail.
The recipe calls for 2 liqueur-glasses (ounces) Dry Gin, 1 liqueur glass
French (dry) vermouth, a dash of curaçao, and 2 dashes of orange bitters.
The Martini Cocktail (not dry) in this books is made with Old Tom gin,
Italian (sweet) vermouth, maraschino liqueur, Angostura bitters, and orange
bitters. This is a favorite book of mine
for research. Wish I could have met
Louis!
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