hist-brewing: Re: Different Alcohols

[PBLoomis at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/7/02 3:32:46 PM Central Standard Time, 
JeffRenner at mediaone.net writes:

>  You 
>  can see that a modern martini is much stronger than our typical drink 
>  above -- one with 3 ounces of strong gin is more than twice as strong 
>  with 1.4 or 1.5 ounces of alcohol.  I for one cannot imagine the 
>  iconic "three martini lunch!"
>
    I agree with you.
    I've only known one person who liked three martini lunches.  He was
a hard-bitten up-from-the-ranks Navy captain who was Asst Chief of Staff
for Current Operations when I was on the staff of CinC Lant Flt in 1978.
He selected for Rear Admiral while I was there, so evidently it didn't hurt
his performance.
    Scotti
    Knowledge is never wasted, nor is the time to acquire it.