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business who can pour out of abottle acertain quantity
of liquor by guessing at it, especially when the bottles
used are only half filled or nearly empty.
The "gigger" is of silver-plated metal, and is shaped
like a sherry glass without the long stem.
It is
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almost impossible to break, and is used
by all first-class bartenders, except only a few experts
in the art of mixing drinks who have had such ex
perience and practice that they can measure accurately
by eyesight alone, without even using a glass for
measuring.
31 A PEW WORDS REGARDING
LAGER BEER.
Lager beer (or bier) is so-.well known in this country
as we as in all parts of the world that only a few
remarks are necessary concerning it. But it requires
e same attention as all other liquors or beverages,
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more than some of them. It depends entirely
rpfroot,
handling it whether beer has a cool,
taste or not. It should always be kept at
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fii^erature, according to the atmosphere and
uprp^tn
year—in summer at an extreme tem-
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degrees-and in the ice
ou.e at least three or four days before the k g or
Lteiillin
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int nd g to sell lager in his place not to spare the
expense of having an ANo. 1 ice box or ice house,
nhich should always be kept in good working con
dition by being filled with ice sufficient to obtain the
aesired temperature at all seasons of the year. Have
the ice depository large enough for the demands of