Comments on: Rare cocktail books, digitized

By: ljclark

ljclark — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:08:47 +0000

Holy crap, these were on eGullet?! Sheesh. Thanks, Stephen.

And thanks St Louis Mo.

By: St Louis Mo

St Louis Mo — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:45:38 +0000

WOW this is a huge find!! thanks so much for posting these links i have been looking for this info forever!!

Great blog!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:29:30 +0000

those documents were posted on egullet in the fall. Henry Lyman’s book is a complete gem… the drinks are never exactly masterpeices but the sense of humor and ability to capture the zeitgeist is incredible. he created drinked under the desperate and pathetic circumstances of prohibition… we have too many options and can rarely be as amusing…

By: ljclark

ljclark — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:16:42 +0000

Hyphon setters! Sounds like a proofreader’s term. Which is apt here. Funny, I tried printing/copying from Preview on a Mac, but no go. What application are you using?

By: Adam L.

Adam L. — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:53:09 +0000

JG’s right! Didn’t even remove the password, just used a non-Adobe app to view it and it allows cuting and pasting.

American Bar by Newman

Boston Flip
Prendre un gobelet en argent, remplir Ã moiti de glace
pilÃ© :
. 1 cuillerke Ã caf6 de sucre en poudre,
1 verre Ã liqueur de Rye-Whisky,
1 verre k liqueur de madAre,
1 Å“u bien frais.
4 traits curaÃ§ao
Adapter un second gobelet, frapper fortement, passer
dans le verre no 3, saupoudrer de muscade, servir.

The OTR recognition for characters and spacing kinda stinks though

Harry Johnson’s “Bartender’s Manual” fairs better:

MEDFORD RUM SOUR.
(Use a large bar glass.)
4 tablespoonful of sugar;
3 or 4 dashes of lemon juice;
1 squirt of hyphon setters, dissolved well
1 wine glass of Medford rum;
Fill 3/4 of the glass with ice.

Stir well v it11 a spoon strain into a sour glass, orna-
ment with fruit, etc.. and sene.
This is an old Boston drnik, and lias the reputation of being cooling and pleasant.”

Now I just need “hyphon setters” and Medford Rum! (btw, this is on page 184 and it’s “syphon selters” - just left it as is for demonstration. Cutting and Pasting the book would be VERY time consuming)

Cheers!

By: JG

JG — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:33:29 +0000

There’s a bunch of stuff out there which will remove password protection from PDF files. Just type something in like “pdf password removal” into google and pick the option that suits you best.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:46:43 +0000

Thank you, I have been contemplating purchasing most of these for a few years now. The price was just a little prohibitive!