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Default "Canadian Lyric" cocktail?

On 2006-07-25, Chris McGonnell > wrote:
> 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.


Yes, that could start all sorts of trouble.

I've really enjoyed his novels, but unfortunately I've now read them
all. I may try some of his other writings soon.

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