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| 5e41432412bf4bc0 | 1806 Balance newspaper cocktail definition | The 1806 American newspaper The Balance defined cocktail as stimulating liquor composed of spirits, sugar, water and bitters. | 1806 | — | 1966 TRATADO PRÁCTICO DE COCTELERÍA, PASTELERÍA Y AFINES.md | 1e6ab6cfe9ae42657553b598cc6e269b00fe79c33225012121d2390c78a55beb | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:40:47 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:40:47 AM |
| 22fcfd4f1c49a3d4 | 1815 Kentucky barbecue with liquor tiers | Kentucky advertiser James Green offered an elegant barbecue dinner on July 4, 1815 with foreign liquors for ladies and domestic liquors for gentlemen, nine miles from Lexington. | 1815 | Early Republic | Food Timeline — Fourth of July food history | 17c10cc3f0381361e5424c411ccad79871f2527bc195811e4f4a61943a47e7ff | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:45 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:34:45 AM |
| 176fc6ca539eacbc | 1906 French vintage outlook | Under the date of June 22, 1906, reports from France noted vines doing well with plentiful flowers and wine growers expecting a very good 1906 vintage if worms did not get into the flowers. | 1906 | pre-World War I viticulture | Louis' Mixed Drinks by Muckensturm (1906) | 6db6e6fcad8ce9ed0ddabcb10a72c4bbc7c1abe94a2b25a26d5b3b33d3a389a0 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:14 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:14 AM |
| 6ce943b5816c294a | 251 Cocktails A to Z | The book lists 251 alphabetized cocktails using mostly procurable ingredients, with blank pages for readers to add discoveries. | 1932 | — | 1932 The Green Cocktail Book | f64aeee6472d7a2b87a18573525e73e0c97a98ef898954714ee80224329a337b | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:15:33 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:15:33 PM |
| 3a6eadfca243c415 | A Cocktail eredete | A Cocktail eredete és őshazája Amerikában van | — | — | A könyv | 5f13c5f5717690859af8010b9d77043a3baf586392b604a43e1869c1e76d44ca | draft | 6/6/2026, 11:06:55 AM | 6/6/2026, 11:06:55 AM |
| d862a3eefb311b59 | A Manhattan must use Canadian whisky | Pillaert insists each cocktail name dictates its base spirit: Manhattan requires Canadian whisky, Bacardi requires Ron Bacardi. | 1935 | — | Le Bar Américan Cocktails | 5929ee80807d06d626495e06de166733da2141c08163dd26c34a0e6d8d8801e3 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:31:29 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:31:29 AM |
| 4fa548d4adea96a8 | Absinthe prohibition workaround | When absinthe was banned, distillers legally prepared anis apéritifs as substitutes. | — | — | — | 185305de41b8647a27fb0ea807632592eba56062da1443cdd56cd9fb85f01fd6 | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:07:00 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:07:00 PM |
| f4da5c08fdcaf9d6 | Adelaide First Christmas 1840 | Mary Thomas described Adelaide's first Christmas Day in 1840—three days before the colony was proclaimed—with plum pudding, ham, and parrot pie. A neighbor enjoyed roast beef when Captain Duff's injured cow was killed from a lagoon fall, sustaining the tradition of heavy Christmas feasts at 100 degrees in the shade. | 1840 | — | One Continuous Picnic, Michael Symons, 1982 | 30cb68e2f9797467ae81ebd46d99aa982cc284e7ed161c77d7a2409e5eeefc66 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:10 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:10 AM |
| 22e516cbaec50366 | Admiral Vernon and the birth of Grog | Admiral Vernon, called Old Grog for his groggram coat, forbade sailors undiluted rum. The watered rum they drank in his honor became Grog; taverns serving it were Grogshops. | — | 18th century Royal Navy | Rund um die Bar (1934) | 5ac4f05df75507a2c9d0d1d61ef1f13484e28b2cee57c53193d1cceda007686b | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:58 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:58 AM |
| 3af87bbe2c55494e | Alamagoozium for Ten | The Alamagoozium Cocktail was said to be made by the first Mr. J. P. Morgan for parties of ten. | 1945 | — | — | 2025dbe7f464e589717387821e272202d9d78f64bd9ff6814b412f244615311e | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:26:53 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:26:53 AM |
| fb4b2bbecc2a228d | America's Cocktail Invention | Boothby's foreword credits step-by-step evolution of mixed drinks culminating in cocktails as America's favorite fashionable beverage. | 1934 | — | 1934 Cocktail Bill Boothby's World Drinks and how to mix them | 49aa0f752fda349e04e4cc68e4ecc7528f219ec85b9334b9a27fae3e05dff24e | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:15:30 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:15:30 PM |
| 7cd7a25e82cc584f | American Bar at the Paris Exposition | At the great Paris exposition, the American bar was one of the novelties and attractions; cocktails in the morning were in demand among people of every nationality. | — | mid-19th century | Haney's Steward & Barkeeper's Manual | 408974d6c6b1cd7a289151df397fcc80527ebc9c020b0a166c8b7a37b2a21a61 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM |
| b529b61b6f0721ce | American Bar Culture in Paris | Larsen opens by noting that American drinks enjoy a deserved reputation worldwide but are known mostly by hearsay. Paris bars holding a monopoly on them are open to all, yet few outside regular clientele dare cross the threshold to sit on high backless stools before the marble counter where a barman doses, combines, and shakes mysterious substances. The book promises to reveal these mixtures' simplicity and superiority, enabling hostesses and bachelor hosts to prepare refreshing summer or comforting winter drinks at home. | 1912 | Belle Époque | Avis aux gourmets, N. Larsen (1912) | 46b4d99cd61b7a150a6719b3fa6054e45a826a9d4e8ce08263b963e73be5766c | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:19:16 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:19:16 PM |
| 6576c143de0d6ee7 | American drinks at home | Preface argues American bar drinks are simple enough for hostesses and bachelors to prepare at home for refreshing summer or comforting winter service. | 1920 | post-WWI Paris | 156 Recettes de Boissons Américaines | 5dd771ad4f7bda666bcf9101e96ec1df945dd808b6c6db5140b596b32e5e0d0f | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:41:38 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:41:38 PM |
| d3c1052d6ce7db0f | American School of Drinking | The old Waldorf Bar represented the greatest exponent of the American School of Drinking until Prohibition closed it in 1920. | 1931 | — | 1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days | 5d5e2c0f1ebd797cfefb2631a53de2c02ad9bdb7c1190f333468d02dad6ad0d8 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:33:18 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:33:18 AM |
| 5a5747b90bbdad80 | Ancient Egyptian aperitifs: Zithos and Kémi | The preface traces mixed drinks to ancient Egypt, citing Diodorus of Sicily on Zithos, an orge-and-water aromatic aperitif, and G. Tabouis on palm wine and Kémi liqueur enjoyed by elite Egyptians. | 1938 | ancient Egypt | 1938 Cocktails by Jean Lupoiu | 2503786cdf97879de4b216bd8928c54734d55b92e8b29ed22842d1d374e20b28 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:46 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:46 AM |
| a4f68f89962e0c48 | Angostura Centenary 1824-1924 | Dr. Siegert first made Angostura Bitters in 1824; by 1924 output reached nearly a million bottles a year with world-wide distribution. | 1924 | — | 1924 Angostura Bitters Centenary Gift Book | f16f251d53db5063c7319cdbbab0855c14efdfea553f1acf8b6f2942c7581e07 | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:39:56 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:39:56 PM |
| 29ca0295b2f0e581 | Angostura's Secret Formula | Since 1824 the Angostura formula has been known to only seven people, all members of the Siegert family, earning it the reputation as the World's Best Kept Secret. | 1824 | — | 1934 Angostura Recipes | 0683f8f972856c51deca2e5685c754c01d919b322604d63cbd87fcc07b296c14 | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:11:59 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:11:59 PM |
| cc368b066b209973 | Anis à Pavie | Ambroise Paré cures Francis I's decimated army with licorice and anis macerated in alcohol. | 1525 | — | 1954 Anis Esprit de Joie et de Santé by André Montagard | 367333af9b6c095130fe912cc03ea061c1a4cc6c3ec936192fae65bb10248d01 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:10 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:34:10 AM |
| c8be766d4b9548d6 | Anis à Versailles | Marquise de Sévigné serves pure anis at Versailles; Louis XV praises it as heart's refuge. | 1954 | — | 1954 Anis Esprit de Joie et de Santé by André Montagard | 367333af9b6c095130fe912cc03ea061c1a4cc6c3ec936192fae65bb10248d01 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:10 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:34:10 AM |
| 89b987281503a5d1 | Anti-Cafard's Cocktail | The Anti-Cafard's Cocktail—literally anti-blues—reflects the playful naming conventions of 1920s mixed drinks aimed at lifting spirits. | 1927 | — | 1927 Cocktails Bebidas Heladas Ponches | c63d6f89a9033d68c3990cd082ba663141a5e09c12fdb3f857a7a3c65affcf03 | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:06:38 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:06:38 PM |
| 6b51adf8d9ae1e0f | Apotegmas del buen bebedor | Gaviria formula máximas: beber calidad, despacio y sin cambiar de bebida; el barman puede hacer de un borracho un amigo pero nunca al revés. | — | — | — | a711e25109c3d8ae9bbcf18907b881110f3f858bd6f7da52717bd3711218558e | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:36:23 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:36:23 AM |
| 8305b7eaba5a6505 | Apple Jack's rise to celebrity | Apple Jack completed a rapid rise from barn and campus to elite urban drawing-rooms and smartest bars, arriving as a basic cocktail ingredient when properly mixed with fruit juices and sweetenings. | 1934 | Prohibition to Repeal | 1934 Lairds Applejack How To Serve Recipes | a00bf46626b5030309010a8995a7139a6380c627a380092d862a22c047d5c18d | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:32 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:32 AM |
| dde7d691fa528c63 | Archive fetch returned nginx 404 | The indexed markdown file contains only an nginx 404 Not Found page from foodtimeline.org, with no cocktail or spirits content to extract. | — | — | 404_Not_Found.md | 5d5575218a0542efa6dbc386ff68c9c45fc6dafeec090070489883fd1312f2db | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:49 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:39:57 AM |
| 6b67140c80c428a0 | Austral Christmas 1873 Bush Feast | J.C.F. Johnson recorded a Queensland Christmas with sweet cake, bush jam tarts, corned beef sandwiches, johnny cakes, devilled ducks, limited brandy, abundant Post and Rail tea, and unlimited fresh water—luxuries like strawberry ices, trifle, and iced champagne were absent. | 1873 | — | A Good Plain Cook, Susan Addison and Judith McKay, 1985 | 30cb68e2f9797467ae81ebd46d99aa982cc284e7ed161c77d7a2409e5eeefc66 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:11 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:11 AM |
| f53d62096fd7254e | Australian Billy Can Name Origins | Historian Russell Ward theorized the bush 'billy' derived from King William IV: James F. O'Connell's 'royal George' kettle became 'royal William' after George IV died in 1830, shortening to 'billy'. Other proposed etymologies include Aboriginal billa, French bouilli, and Scottish billypot. | — | — | One Continuous Picnic, Michael Symons, 1982 | 30cb68e2f9797467ae81ebd46d99aa982cc284e7ed161c77d7a2409e5eeefc66 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:13 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:13 AM |
| 28c749137a8d1399 | Australian Christmas Dinner Summer Adaptation | British winter Christmas meals were impractical in Australian summer. Colonists invented colonial goose (stuffed leg of lamb), billy can pudding, Christmas damper, drover's plum pudding, and Father Christmas salad of cherries, pistachios, and lychees. Many families still ended meals with hot plum pudding despite the heat. | — | — | Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations, Tanya Gulevich, 2003 | 30cb68e2f9797467ae81ebd46d99aa982cc284e7ed161c77d7a2409e5eeefc66 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:09 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:09 AM |
| 1a5e636ab2ec96a7 | Australian Gold Seekers Bush Diet | Gold seekers stocked flour, tea, sugar, camp-ovens, and firearms before leaving cities. On the diggings many lived on mutton, damper, and black tea three times daily at up to 5s per meal. Miners shot pigeon, kangaroo, emu, and parrots for variety; at Ballarat in 1853 docks were boiled as a vegetable substitute. | 1853 | gold rush | The Captain Cook Book, Babette Hayes, 1970 | 30cb68e2f9797467ae81ebd46d99aa982cc284e7ed161c77d7a2409e5eeefc66 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:09 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:09 AM |
| 94f9db546c208907 | Aviation Glide — Lindbergh-era soda fountain sundae | The Aviation Glide from The Dispenser's Formulary (1925) arranges split banana, three ice-cream scoops, Nabisco wafers as airplane wings and tail, and a cherry 'pilot.' M. C. Thurber reported it sold well to University students at 20 cents—a banana split styled for the aviation age of Lindbergh. | 1925 | Roaring Twenties soda fountain | The Dispenser's Formulary, 4th edition (1925) | 5dded7062ad092044beec593769d66b41631a2e758b95ae1d6fa4097433e428e | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:32 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:32 AM |
| 35124c4ab0c5b306 | B.V.D. at Chateau Laurier | The B.V.D. cocktail originated in 1916 at the Chateau Laurier on Staten Island, New York. | 1916 | Pre-Prohibition | 1934 Lairds Applejack How To Serve Recipes | a00bf46626b5030309010a8995a7139a6380c627a380092d862a22c047d5c18d | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:33 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:33 AM |
| 3edc55ebb57df3a9 | Bacardi conquers world markets from Santiago | The Compañía Ron Bacardi in Santiago de Cuba, operating over sixty years by 1937, pioneered Carta Blanca rum and invaded global markets; imitators could not replicate its bouquet. | 1937 | Pre-war Caribbean | 1937 Recetario Internacional de Cock-Tails | 645819b613326897dd7cd41eb9b16c2f52cd940cb6961dbad06a3764b07e53a6 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:49 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:49 AM |
| 382f2f281861cb0c | Bar du Perroquet Saigon | Jean Lupoiu directs the select American bar at Continental Palace, praised by Cheeroh for cocktails invented on site. | 1927 | — | — | 7a0c17ee81fe5f3abcb68f56b00b7904523bab86340975e519a4a6373836b43c | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:07:09 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:07:09 PM |
| e23dc67440642b34 | Bar glassware wisdom | The book advises never using colored glass for cocktails because white glass best shows liquor colors and makes drinks more appetizing. It catalogs proper glass shapes for cocktails, highballs, fizzes, toddies, and other service styles. | 1936 | — | 1936 Cocktails Drinks and Snacks | c9f8f5dddbb118a64bbe0b9a75f21d3b607f2270e4905b3f55e9ed15f736e00e | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:45 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:45 AM |
| 9bf031c4913b9430 | Baum and Whiteman Win Post-Bombing Renovation Contract | After Windows closed following the February 1993 terrorist bombing, the Port Authority awarded the Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Company the contract to renovate and operate the two-level restaurant complex. The team planned to revitalize food and decor, redesign the bar, and relocate Cellar in the Sky, targeting a fall 1995 reopening. | 1994 | post-bombing renewal | Bryan Miller, New York Times, May 13, 1994 | d33ddd56420fe79cf20e8fb53de6619cf2a686f8d7c5b519b05a481f03e68607 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:11:56 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:11:56 AM |
| 4de0e7f495c4e565 | Betsy Flanagan and the American invention myth | Widow Betsy Flanagan allegedly sold mixed drinks at her 1779 tavern; Fenimore Cooper's Spy credited her as cocktail inventor, convincing American readers despite older global precedents. | 1779 | American Revolution | Café Royal Cocktail Book preface | 7ae4ee99592059f0dd4f0e96bc22cf84c691f0b36e45b20ba41f655c5809e038 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:53 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:53 AM |
| 13abbdd1cbbef299 | Betsy Flanagan and the Origin of the Cocktail | In 1779 Betsy Flanagan ran a tavern near Yorktown serving a popular bracer to American and French officers. After raiding a loyalist's chicken coop for a feast, she displayed chicken tails around bottles in the bar. Officers cheered and called for more Cocktails, and a French officer shouted Vive la Cocktail — giving the drink its celebrated name. | 1779 | American Revolutionary War | The Artistry of Mixing Drinks, Introduction | 0c90ee570011d21df6ffbef872890c25f9315214c5ed5935468af945ad4dd1f5 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:07 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:07 AM |
| 0ea82db2c7af2927 | Betsy Flanagan and the rooster-tail garnish legend | Legend holds tavern keeper Betsy Flanagan served French soldiers a drink in 1779 garnished with tail feathers from her neighbor's rooster, possibly inspiring the word cocktail via Kitty/Betty Hustler folklore. | 1779 | American Revolution | — | 5da8b637c48be9df478d8e4c4701e15fb9f8e6abe109387c34ba9fdd177cdd62 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:11 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:11 AM |
| cdffcb34cc9a54b2 | Bicentennial Fourth picnic menus | 1976 magazine features offered patriotic picnic menus including mint juleps, shandygaffs, Cuba libres, and watermelon-centered celebrations across the United States. | 1976 | Bicentennial | Food Timeline — Fourth of July food history | 17c10cc3f0381361e5424c411ccad79871f2527bc195811e4f4a61943a47e7ff | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:46 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:34:46 AM |
| af0c57a7892e67af | Birth of the Blue Blazer at the El Dorado | In 1849 at San Francisco's El Dorado saloon, Jerry Thomas invented the Blue Blazer for a boastful gold miner, igniting Scotch whiskey and boiling water between silver mugs before serving it with sugar and lemon peel. | 1849 | California Gold Rush | Herbert Asbury introduction | c2e166e57dbf0883efe2a4779e399a7974d735aae66c56f344ae174420c0b60a | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:54 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:54 AM |
| 0e859b229b2a5828 | Birth of the cocktail from coquetier | Arthur argues the word cocktail derives from French coquetier: Peychaud served brandy with bitters in egg cups, mispronounced cock-tay then cocktail, birthing the American mixed drink in New Orleans. | 1793 | Early Republic New Orleans | Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em | eba2608e8d48d82a0ff6c681af4e94eb0e0b1b77b8e5c135ed98f951e8749cee | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:11 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:34:11 AM |
| 0ced5cd45441556f | Birth of the Daiquiri at Guantánamo | During establishment of the Guantánamo Naval Station, officers mixed green lime juice with Bacardi rum and named the drink Daiquiri after a nearby mining town; the name became world famous. | 1931 | early Cuban Republic | Cuban Cookery (1931) | 70dbe9673d8df920e8506bb2570e7a55a9f3ea4d8002ab4aff9cacfe329530ef | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:33:45 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:33:45 AM |
| cceb14b1045cd0aa | Birth of the International Bar Flies | Arthur Moss recounts how McIntyre's 1924 Cosmopolitan article on barflies led Harry McElhone to found the I.B.F. at Christmas 1924. | 1927 | Prohibition Paris | — | cfa4ffff30d8b57ba36a7e113ef3e70937cfceb2c4893b03264d15dc1bc96bfc | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:43:07 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:43:07 PM |
| 4c21b5c670a62010 | Bishop and Church Dignitaries | Bishop likely takes its name from spiced wine served to ancient dignitaries of the Church visiting the University. College accounts charge pro speciebus for spices used in entertainments, and a 1447 Maxtoke Priory entry records raisin wine with spices served when Sir S. Montford's fool performed in the Oriel chamber. | 1827 | Georgian Oxford | Oxford Night Caps by Richard Cook (1827) | 99f0bd7c48b7069e0c9e45afeaaf3cc668f489a790c4e6696031e2072ea18e80 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:17 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:17 AM |
| 98e81bbad802f7d9 | Bishop and the Church Dignitaries | Bishop probably derives its name from ancient church dignitaries being regaled with spiced wine when they honoured the University with a visit. College accounts show charges pro speciebus for spices used in entertainments. | 1835 | medieval Oxford | Oxford Night Caps (1835) | c26052d10df03c978cb50683559d2a772171e8bf163701ab129b9a2d47775792 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:14 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:14 AM |
| 6465a4722b50e885 | Bishop and the Church dignitaries of Oxford | Bishop derives its name from ancient Church dignitaries honoured with spiced wine on University visits. College accounts charge pro speciebus for spices at entertainments; Maxtoke Priory 1447 records raisin wine with spices when Sir S. Montfort's fool performed in the Oriel chamber. | 1871 | ancient to Victorian Oxford | Oxford Night Caps (1871) | 958d2ce65fcc3e57614d7d1a00deb395691b290ac3f973362b37c4c475ca06a6 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:22 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:22 AM |
| 7c6c49cb6428260f | Blanco Amor drinks the 'viajero eminente' in one gulp | In his prologue Eduardo Blanco Amor recalls Castro meticulously preparing an exquisite 'eminent traveler' cocktail for him, only for Blanco Amor to down it in one swallow without tasting it, then resume a political argument—much to a Madrid colleague's disdain. | 1937 | Interwar Buenos Aires bar culture | 1937 Autococktail Castro by Julio Castro | d58547c86220c82b44a3050e246310cf2870b5247f6168b7efef05f78039d777 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:59 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:59 AM |
| b10359a165c0d9c5 | Blue Blazer flaming technique | The Blue Blazer hot drink calls for setting Scotch or rye afloat on hot sugared water, then pouring the flaming liquid between two heavy glasses three or four times before twisting lemon on top—a theatrical nineteenth-century saloon ritual preserved in the Hot Drinks chapter. | 1934 | — | 1934 A Lifetime Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks, Hot Drinks | 36fbcccc550cc22fc62143b09f9e1f9dd43c56e8f891ba522735715a4df3e38a | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:33 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:33 AM |
| b2fa15c3a1b153d8 | Book purpose and French maxim | The introduction opens with the French proverb that one must never abuse good things, framing the 688-recipe collection as a guide to proper preparation rather than encouragement of excess drinking. | 1934 | Interwar Britain | 1934 A Lifetime Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks, Introduction | 36fbcccc550cc22fc62143b09f9e1f9dd43c56e8f891ba522735715a4df3e38a | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:33 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:33 AM |
| 3fb62517a03f87af | Brasenose Ale on Shrove Tuesday | From Brasenose foundation, Shrove Tuesday after-dinner refectory custom serves Brasenose Ale—a Lambs Wool of sweetened ale with roasted apples. Undergraduates annually compose verses praising the beer, sometimes alluding to college events such as a departed student's wit. | 1871 | college foundation to present | Oxford Night Caps (1871) | 958d2ce65fcc3e57614d7d1a00deb395691b290ac3f973362b37c4c475ca06a6 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:15 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:25 AM |
| 7763abd6de3158ba | Brasenose Bacchanalians and the Bishop Family | Lawn Sleeves, Cardinal, and Pope owe their origin to Brasen-nose Bacchanalians and differ from Bishop only as species from genus, each substituting a different wine. | 1827 | Georgian Oxford | Oxford Night Caps by Richard Cook (1827) | 99f0bd7c48b7069e0c9e45afeaaf3cc668f489a790c4e6696031e2072ea18e80 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:17 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:17 AM |