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The Wordsworth dictionary of drink : an A-Z of alcoholic beverages /

What is a slack-ma-girdle? Or a submarino? How did White Horse whisky get its name? Or Old Bawdy barley wine? How do you make a really dry martini? Or beer? Or champagne? The answers to these enquiries and thousands of others are revealed in this unique guide to every kind of alcohol, compiled by de...

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Main Author: Halley, Ned
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Reference, 2005.
Edition:New Edition,
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