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When and how was the Estonian cocktail the Hammer and Sickle invented?
I think I know the parent of this cocktail. The so-called Yorsh
Recipe:
1/3 vodka
2/3 champagne.
History of creation
Since the cocktail appeared a long time ago and in several places at once, it is ...
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Carrying alcohol deep into the wood?
A bottle made of leather seems to have been commonly used, for example in Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott
"The hermit only replied by a grin; and returning to the hutch, he produced a leathern bottle, ...
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Traditional drinks mentioned in well known literature from 1900 or earlier?
Rob Roy (1817) by Walter Scott (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7025/7025-h/7025-h.htm) features brandy punch. The only ingredient explicitly mentioned is limes.
Despite the current popularity of ...
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Is there an online and/or English-language version of the "Jiǔmíngjì" 酒名記?
It looks like there is a copy at Harvard uploaded here: https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/chinese-rare-books/catalog/49-990067588510203941
I doubt this has been translated, but if you have a native ...
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