Questions tagged [prohibition]
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Has Prohibition ever worked?
Historically, is there any case in which prohibition of alcohol has actually dissuaded its consumption?
It failed miserably in the United States, for example...
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Origin of the "lick, sip, suck" tequila shot technique
I was browsing through Here's How (1928), a Prohibition-era collection of cocktail recipes, and found something surprisingly familiar on page 48.
The Swiss Itch
Invented by one James Norton of Princeton and guaranteed to go down with the ease of an…
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What is "Five Fruits" in this 1920s cocktail recipe?
From Shake 'Em Up! A Handbook of Polite Drinking (1930), page 46:
GIN PUNCH NUMBER ONE
2 quarts of grapefruit juice
2 quarts of gin
and one quarter cup of Five Fruits or Grenadine
Keep the punch in the ice box for two hours before serving…
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Other than the USA, do any other countries have dry counties?
Other than the USA, do any other countries have dry counties?
I understand that the term county may not exist in some counties, so one can adopt a different term that may be better suited for a particular countries.
What is a dry county?
A dry…
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