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A NOTE ON GINS

Gin is an aromatic liquor distilled from vari

ous grain, and blended with extract of Juniper

...from which it derives its name. In the mak

ing of cocktails the following types are indi

cated:

Silver Wedding Dry Gin—Ginfree from any

sweetening or flavoring. Distilled with many

rare ingredients.

Old Tom—Gin sweetened with pure granu

lated sugar.

Plymouth—Dry gin to which a flavoring ex

tract has been added.

Sloe Gin—A dry gin assimilated with the

sloe berry,a small,plumlike,astringent fruit,and

granulated sugar. Not to be confused with the

real gin.

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