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OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK
FIN DE SIECLE
*
Orange Bitters
One dash Amer Picon Bitters
One-third Italian Vermouth
Two-thirds Plymouth Gin (Stir)
FLOATER
Fill glass with shaved Ice
Three-fourths Gilka Ki.immel
One-fourth Brandy
There is equal authority for a contention that this was
called after a racehorse owned by the late James
R.
Keene, or after an individual numerically important,
and who was transported into various precincts at dif–
ferent hours of Election Day and thereby enabled to
vote early and often, as the saying was.
FLORIDA
One-half Italian Vermouth
One-half Orange Juice
FOURTH DEGREE One-third Italian Vermouth
Two-thirds Plymouth Gin
Dash of Absinthe
FULL HOUSE
Dash of Angostura Bitters
One-third Yellow Chartreuse
One-third Benedictine
One-third Apple Whiskey
The name is indicative of the sway once enjoyed by
what was the great American indoor game in B.C. days
-that is to say Before Contract, or Before Culbertson.
FUTURITY*
Dash of Angostura Bitters
One-half Sloe Gin
One-half Italian Vermouth (Stir)