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Brain Duster

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907).

Source and licence

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907), printed page 1509, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsbeetonshouse00beetuoft

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Ingredients.
  2. — £ a wineglassful of vermouth, \ a wineglassful of absinthe, £ of a teaspoonful of sugar, crushed ice, a little seltzer.
  3. Method.
  4. — Put the vermouth, absinthe and sugar into a glass, add a few small pieces of ice, and shake well.
  5. Strain into a small glass,, add just a little seltzer water, and serve.