On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:44:40 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:

>"A Mixture of Frailties" by Robertson Davies mentions the following
>cocktail:
>
> ...the Canadian Lyric, a cocktail made of equal parts of lemion
> juice and maple syrup, added to a double portion of rye whisky, and
> shaken up with cracked ice.
>
>It isn't on teh interweb --- has anyone else heard of it?

I'll bet it's a Davies original -- part of his whimsy. Just don't
throw a snowball with a stone inside it in Deptford.

>I think it sounds good, but I haven't seen anything specifically
>labelled as rye whiskey here (in the UK). Would any decent "Canadian
>whiskey" be appropriate?

As long as you're putting maple syrup in it, yes.

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Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951.
"My dog ate my gratitude journal." -- Paula


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