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IV. FORMULARY
A.
DRUNK AT THE OLD WALDORF BAR
F
OR the convenience of students of the cultural history
and
mores
of the American people, as well as for those
who wish to set a goal before starting to mix, the bibulous
con~octions
long known and served at the Bar of the Old
Waldorf have been arranged alphabetically, and in two ge ·-
eral classes. The cocktails have been set down in one list
and the others, which might be classed as "beverages,"
though that title might be open to dispute, have been termed
"Fancy Potations and Otherwise." The latter, as already
indicated, have themselves been subdivided into "families"
bearing a sort of
g~neric
name. However, a great many
proved too individualistic to classify, and these are merely
run alphabetically.
At the Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar a good many non–
alcoholic drinks were made and served, and their recipes
are included in a separate list.
'' For the guidance, particularly, of those faced by bottles
of authentic liqµors and liquids more or less potent and
potable, and who may not know just what to do with them,
I have separated names of the cocktails contained in the
Old Waldorf Bar Book into lists, governed by the particu-
lar "base" on which each was made. Many duplications of
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names will be discovered, but they are intentional, and due
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to the fact that some cocktails had more than one base.
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addition is given a list of cocktails in which
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