Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04
DRINKS IN FASHION.
Whiskey Punch Promises to be the Re
GuIatiOn Triple for the Fall.


There are fashions in drink Just as there
are fashions in dress. They have their
runs and their seasons the same as other
fashions, the only difference being that
they last longer. A reporter who had
been studying some of these fashions in
one of the leading places of the city,
asked the head man, Fred Hildreth, what
was the prevailing style for the fall of
1888.
"Whiskey punch. 1t is probably the
most popular drink sold over any first
class bar. 1t is not peculiar, however, to
any season. Ii has been growing in
popularity ever since it was introduced.
1t is great drink with people from the
country. They call for it more for the
purpose of seeing us make it than any
thing else. The fact is, the longer ii
takes to make a mixed drink the better
people seem to like it. 1t is strange
how much patience people exhibit in such
things"
The head man having shown a DISPOSE
ton to let down in the styles was en-
couraged to keep itup. The Old-fashioned
cocktails were still in vogue; cocktails
made of loaf-sugar and whiskey, They
were taken at all hours of the day now.
whereas heretofore they were taken as
appetiZers before breakfast. Another
thing he had noticed. Rye whiskey was
called for more than Bourbon. If man
came in and said he wanted whiskey,
Bourbon was put out. But as rule the
kind of eXhilerant was generally de-
nominated. Funny, but the reverse was
true in the East.
There was another thing which was
something new among whiskey-drinkers,
and that was the rage for something
on the outside. 1t used to be water, but
now in every first-class saloon it is ApOl-
linaris, or Nichy, or pop, or ginger-ale.
The class of people who patrOnize first
class saloons warrant accessiOns to all
these demands. The other popular drink
of the day is the ''whiskey sour The
general tendency is toward mixed drinks
-whiskey always predominating- 1t is
the American standby" Englishmen
who come over here soon take to whiskey.
They drink it as Germans drink beer, or
as Frenchmen take wine. An English
man will toy with his tOddy for half
hour.
Americans are becoming more attached
to beer and ales than formerly.
GLOW much whiskey will the average
drinker take where he has the grip on the
bottle to himself?''
''Never more than we put in jigger,
and as a rule he won't take as much. OF
course there are fellows who come in and
pour out -four fingers at drink. Where
they lay down quarter we give back no
give back no change. If they get mad so
much the better. First-class bars do not
want such custom"
GLOW about champagne?'
eve sell more of il every day. 1t is the
drink of the capitalist, the wholesale
merchant and the sporting man. Young
clerks are also fond of ordering a quart.
Two of them, of limited means, will pool
their means and order it. ! guess we sell
more wine than we ever did -
"What nationality drinks most at your
barr"
Americans, and they are our best Gus
toners. The cultivated American
drinker always has one place where he
prefers to get his drinks, the same as he
has his barber. The French and Italians
prefer wine and cOrdials. Yarmouth is a
great favorite with them and so is
absinthe."
'What are the popular fancy drinks"
'The silver tiZZ and the pOusse cafe.
The first is made of the white of an egg,
old Tom gin and sugar, lemon juice and
glass of seltZer. The latter is made of any
number of cOrdials, although we only use
three, aniset, curacao and chartreuse, adj
ded to which is a little cognac brandy,
which is burnt. This is probably the
most delicate fancy drink, and is gener-
ally taken after dinners or suppers,
Then there is the centennial lemonade.
which is made after the manner of Tom
and Jerry, which, by the way, is the
great American drink. Hot Scotches and
rum and mOlasses are also winter drinks"
Ever take John COllins?' asked the
mixer.
''It is the great drink to take the head
off you after you've been out all night.
You take half a lemon rind, table
spoonful of sugar, a jigger of Old Tim gin
strain them, put them in a tall glass and
then charge them with a bottle of Della
tours soda. 1t will make any swelled
neau como down to its proper proportions
lean bloods have caught ~ to if OF
course, there are many other fancy dril.l-9
and plain ones too, but have given you
the prevailing fashions, 1t is impossible
to estimate the amount of Whiskey sold a
day. That depends upon the weather and
the occasion"