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SUMMER DRINKS
CRUSTAS.
The Crusta is commonly supposed to be an improve
ment on the Cocktail.
Brandy.
This is made the same as the Fancy Brandy
Cocktail, with a little lemon-juice and a small
lump of ice added. Mix the ingredients in a
small tumbler; then take a fancy red wineglass,
pare half a lemon all in one piece, the paring
to fit the glass, and strain the mixture into
it, having previously frosted the rim of the glass
by damping the edge with lemon and dipping
it in icing sugar.
Gin.
Put into a small tumbler thirty drops of gum,
ten drops of Angostura bitters, a wineglass of
English gin, and ten drops of cura9oa; fill one-
third with ice, shake well, and strain into a
coloured wineglass; pare half a lemon in one
piece and place the paring round the rim, after
damping with juice of lemon, and frosting by
dipping the edge of the glass in sugar.
Whisky.
The Whisky Crusta is made the same as the
Brandy Crusta, using whisky instead of brandy.