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It’s a Prohibition-era classic. How to make a Cider Cup cocktail

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A recipe for a Cider Cup cocktail, a drink with roots in the early 20th century, is featured from the book Good Spirits.

This spin on the Cider Cup is from my cocktail book “Good Spirits”; the original drink has roots going back to the early 20th century. In Jacques Straub’s 1914 book, “Drinks,” cider, brandy, curaçao, maraschino liqueur, pineapple and citrus fruits came together like a pre-Prohibition party in a glass. During Prohibition, when bartenders had to...

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