http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Fri, 28 Oct 2025 02:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/#comment-60857 Jinx Sat, 03 Sep 2025 07:23:27 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21622#comment-60857 Prohibition officially ended in December of 1933. Interesting that this book would be published within that year! Prohibition officially ended in December of 1933. Interesting that this book would be published within that year!

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/#comment-57126 James Thu, 04 Aug 2025 17:20:31 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21622#comment-57126 I came across a copy of this - original rather than reprint - at a book fair earlier this year. Needless to say, the volume commanded a high price and I had to leave it behind, but rest assured the remaining pages are every bit as covetable as these. I came across a copy of this – original rather than reprint – at a book fair earlier this year. Needless to say, the volume commanded a high price and I had to leave it behind, but rest assured the remaining pages are every bit as covetable as these.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/#comment-57023 WWP Wed, 03 Aug 2025 02:57:06 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21622#comment-57023 Oh come on, like anyone has the to scan and post TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY pages on this site? I appreciate what we did get to see, thanks for sharing it. Oh come on, like anyone has the to scan and post TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY pages on this site? I appreciate what we did get to see, thanks for sharing it.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/#comment-57008 Drew Tue, 02 Aug 2025 21:00:03 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21622#comment-57008 Are those measurements, such as "2/3 gin", supposed to be ounces? It's important to know, so that the absolute measurements like "1 dash bitters" is proportionate. Are those measurements, such as “2/3 gin”, supposed to be ounces? It’s important to know, so that the absolute measurements like “1 dash bitters” is proportionate.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/#comment-56970 Jeremy Tue, 02 Aug 2025 14:12:18 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21622#comment-56970 This is incomplete; the book goes on to 280 pages or so. This is incomplete; the book goes on to 280 pages or so.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/the-savoy-cocktail-book-1933/#comment-56922 nick Mon, 01 Aug 2025 21:43:44 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21622#comment-56922 I have a reproduction of this book. Printed sometime in the 1980's I have a reproduction of this book. Printed sometime in the 1980′s

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