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Cocktails
I.
D. K.No.
2
Solon recalls no patron of the Bar to whom those initials,
"I.
D. K." belonged, or the reason for their being so named.
One-fifth Italian Vermuth
Four-fifths Nicholson Gin
Sprig of Mint
Shake
JACK ROSE
(~rJacque
Rose)-
Lots of readers about racketeers, and such as read only
that sort of news in the papers, have believed for years that
this cocktail was named·after a character who turned state's
evidence in the .famous Becker case, which sent a Police
Lieutenant to theichair. To speak in the modern way, they
are-or were-all wet. The name is really Jacque Rose, a
corruption of J acquemot. It was named because of its pink
color, the exact shade of a J acquemot rose, when properly
concocted.
JAMES
JAPANESE
JAPALAC
Juice of Lime ·
One-third Grenadine Syrup
Two-thirds Apple-jack
Frappe
Dash of Orange Bitters
Tw~-thirds
Plymouth Gin
One-third Red Ca1isaya
Stir
Dash of Baker's Bitters
Two dashes Orgeat Syrup
One jigger Brandy
One slice Lemon Peel
Stir; strain
So styled in compliment to a paint or varnish man.
Whether he was the owner of the company that made it, or
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