Idiot Proof: Liquor Is Getting Way Too Alcoholic
A couple of years back, I attended a historical re-enactment at a cocktail conference in New Orleans. To demonstrate how the British navy tested liquor in the 18th century to make sure it wasn’t watered down, historian and author Wayne Curtis doused one small pile of gunpowder with 114-proof gin and another with 151-proof rum.
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