“Absinthe makes the heart grow founder” is a quote sometimes attributed to author/renaissance woman Ethel Watts Mumford. Although I distinctly remember Groucho Marx saying it at some point.
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Category: Culture
More About Proof
Because I am extraordinarily slow on the uptake, I recently became the last person on the planet to realize that a liquor’s “proof” is twice the percentage of alcohol by volume (ABV).
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Proof it, I dare you
A proof & tralle hydrometer is used to calculate the alcohol volume in distilled spirits.
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Welcome to FizzyCocktail!
FizzyCocktail is inspired by an unpublished mixing guide written by my 2x Great Uncle in 1933.
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