Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-06
FIERY BEVERAGES.
Increasing Use of Liqueurs
and COrdials.
JOHN BARLEYCORN SNUBBED.
The Strong Tipple of Our Fathers
and the Many Foreign
Substitutes.


As a reporter of the HERALD was
lighting his cheroot in gilt-edged drink
ing resort lately, well dressed and evil
IDENTIFY we'll bred young fellow entered
and breasted the bar with sigh of re-
lief. The gentleman of the orihamme
nodded familiarly to him and placed be-
fore him glass and some brandy. The
young man was enjoying the aftermath,
go to speak, of nights dissipation, and
his very eye-balls must have jingled as
the neck of the upturned decanter in his
hand telegraphed upon the edge of the
glass the clinking signals of the tremulous
condition of his nerves. "Tut," he said,
setting down the decanter, "this stuff
will give me the cd. T.'s make me a
ringer"
After the departure of the young man
the suave dispenser of stimulants vouch-
safed the information that "ringer"
was pony of absynthe, toned with sugar
and flushed with seltzer water. "Have
the liqueurs and cordials of Europe come
into use to any extent over here?" was
further asked. eyes," was the answer,
cit is the fad nowadays among the
young men, and to some extent
old drinkers take to the new
tangled beverages" "You see," con-
tinued the glib tongued dispenser
of bottled lightning, "the rising genera
ton drink more for the excitement or
sociability of the thing than from habit,
~; nd hiolyx
"brace up" of their fathers is too potent
tipple when an evening out requires
that the elbow shall be crooked frequent
ly, or perhaps many times. Hence the
adoption of various liqueurs taken in
small but exhilarating sups, which in
their cumulative potency lead to weav-
ing way, but less quickly and with less
overpowering and Supplying effects than
old-time John Barleycorn.
The reporter, in search of more infor-
nation, strolled into wholesale house,
and the senior member of the firm, in
answer to some inquiries, said, as he
waved his hand in the direction of Il
great array Of fancifully shaped and
labeled bottles, decanters and jugs:
eyes, it is now considered the correct
thing to top off dinner with cordials, or
liqueurs, in the place of Cognac, and our
sales indicate an increased use of them
and corresponding decrease of the use
of brandy in private families as we'll as
in hotels and restaurants. Benedictine
and Chartreuse are the after-dinner
favorites at present, and it is not un-
pleasant, over the tiny glasses in which
they are served, to discuss the meaning
of the cabalistic letters D. o. M. on the
label of the former, or whether the yell
low or green variety of the latter is pre-
ferable. The following triffle must have
been post-prandial effort and written
by jolly good fellow who knew what he
was talking about
Who could refuse
Green-eyed Chartreuse?
Liqueur for heretics,
Turks, Christians or Jews;
For beggar or queen,
For monk or for dean
Ripened and N elbow
(The green, not the yellOw.)
Give it its dues,
Gay little fellow,
Dressed up in green!
love thee too well,
Laughing Chartreuse.
"Benedictine, named after the order
OF friars of that name, is liqueur or cor
dial distilled at Fecamp in Normandy.
Its manufacture is secret as we'll as
that of Chartreuse, which it somewhat
resembles. Chartreuse is manufactured
by the Carthusan monks of the Grande
Chartreuse, monastery situated near
Grenoble among lofty mountains. Every
bottle Of the genuine bears the signature
of Father GARNER. Either of these
liqueurs is as strong as brandy and even
more lasting in its effects when unduly
INDUCED in.
eyes, these are other liqueurs and
o1sJ:o1a <bok ora foohiopo hlo. for in.
stance Maraschino and Curacao which
are served to afternoon and evening
callers. Maraschino is liqueur pre-
pared from a variety of cherry called
Marasquin. The fruit and seed are
crushed, honey added and the whole
fermented, distilled and rectifed. Age
adds to the purity of it's flavor. Curacao
is a sweet and agreeable liqueur made by
the Dutch from the peel of the orange
peculiar to the island after which it is
named. The Curacao Of commerce,
however, is made from any orange peel
digested in sweetened spirits.
"Anisette, which looks like water, is
distinctively feminine beverage, and is
made by distilling aniseed, fennel and
coriander seed with brandy and sweet
ing. This genuine A. de Bordeaux
brand is delicious and very stomachic
drink. The ladies', therefore, in their
choice of cordial, have one rich in spir-
its, rare in flavor, subtle of perfume and
withal good for the stomach's sake. 1t
leaves no taint upon the breath, and the
flush it produces is easily mistaken for
rouge. They are wise in their genera
tion.
Nowadays first-class resorts must per-
force have Arrack for hot punches, the
craze-giving Absynthe, the burning
Mescal, the almond favored Kirschen-
wasser, the fragrant Vermouth, and the
noxious Boonekamp. The two latter are
properly bitters, and are highly medici-
nal and great appetizers. They are,
therefore, generally sandwiched in be-
tween the matutinal brandy and soda, or
cocktail, and breakfast. Vermouth is a
sort of a tonic wine of an agreeable kind,
and the best comes from Turin. A not
inferior quality is largely manufactured
In New York. Boonekamp, or Mag
Bitter, is a product of Holland, and is
said to de distilled from twenty-five dii-
ferent roots and herbs. Its effect when
taken to excess is like that of Absynthe
with doubled geared action. Absynthe
is a liuueur consisting of alcohol, holding
in solution the active principles of worm
wood. and other aromatic plants. 1t is
an appetizer and intoxicant, and those
vuyrIf RI ri