Bartenders Guide (1884): Bar & Grill Journal

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BARTENDERS GUIDE (1884)

    Cal-Berkeley's Bancroft Library just sent me copies from the extremely
rare:

NABER, ALFS AND BRUNE, Importers & Wholesale Wine & Liquor Merchants
CATALOGUE AND BARTENDERS GUIDE.  HOW TO MIX DRINKS.
(San Francisco, 1884)

    Martini is NOT here.  Martinez is NOT here.
    Manhattan is NOT here, either.
    The 70 drink recipes are:

Brandy Punch; Hot Brandy and Rum Punch; Whisky Punch; Gin Punch; Sherry
Punch; Claret Punch; Milk Punch; Hot Milk Punch; Tom and Jerry; Imperial Egg
Nogg; Egg Nogg-Party of Forty; Baltimore Egg Nogg; Egg Nogg-per glass; Hot
Egg Nogg; Sherry Egg Nogg; Juleps; Mint Julep; Brandy Julep; Gin Julep;
Whisky Julep; Pine Apple Julep; The Smash; Brandy Smash; Gin Smash; Whisky
Smash; The Cobbler; Sherry Cobbler; Champagne Cobbler; Catawba Cobbler; Hock
Cobbler; Whisky Cobbler; Brandy Cocktail; Fancy Brandy Cocktail; Whisky
Cocktail; Champagne Cocktail; Gin Cocktail; Fancy Gin Cocktail; Jersey
Cocktail; Soda Cocktail; Brandy Crusta; Whisky Crusta, Gin Crusta, Port Wine
Sangaree; Sherry Sangaree; Brandy Sangaree; Gin Sangaree; Porter Sangaree;
Brandy Toddy; Whisky Toddy; Gin Toddy; Brandy Sling; Hot Whisky Sling; Gin
Sling; Brandy Fix; Gin Fix; Brandy Sour; Gin Sour; Gin and Tansy; Scotch
Whisky Skin; Hot SPiced Rum; Hot Rum; Stone Fence; Absinthe; Arf and Arf;
Rhein Water & Seltzer; Brandy and Soda; Sherry and Egg; Lemonade; Orangeade.

   The "Whisky Cocktail" is not a "Manhattan" and the "Gin Cocktail" is not a
"Martini"--neither cocktail recipe contains vermouth.
   Oh well.

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BAR & GRILL JOURNAL

   More from the BAR & GRILL JOURNAL, that was published in New York from
1936-1941.

March 1938, pg. 20, col. 3--A Southern name for likker is "Busthead
Moonshine" alias "Popskull."

November 1938, pg. 20, col. 1--We asked "Dutch" what he did with his wages
and he answered: "Part of it goes for liquor, part of it for horses, and the
rest we just frittered away foolishly."  (Perhaps Fred Shapiro has some
quotes with "women" instead of "horses."--ed.)

May 1940, pg. 13, col. 1--A popular drink down South which had nothing to do
with liquor but which gave the same effect was known colloquially as a
"snifter," "knee-bender," etc.  This concoction was made by dropping two
aspirin tablets into a glass of Coca Cola and drunk down quickly while the
foam was rising.  The peculiar action of the combined aspirin and Coca Cola
stimulated the heart and gave all the frivolous effects of a quick drink.

     Then there is the Eddie Gibbs mystery:

January 1939, pg. 12, col. 1--Eddie Gibbs, our choice of a news hound par
excellence, and all around decent skate.  He can always be depended upon to
give all who come to his portals an even-steven break.
December 1939, pg. 14, col. 1--The other night at the Bartender's Ball, EDDIE
GIBBS was introduced to a very charming lady as the "Walter Winchell of the
Whiskey Business"...
July 1940, pg. 17, col. 3:--Thanks for the plug, Eddie Gibbs of the Beverage
Times.

    An OCLC WorldCat search shows no "Beverage Times."  Perhaps "Beverage
Journal"?
    How is he like Walter Winchell?  Did Eddie Gibbs make up any drink names?