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Astor Painless Anaesthetic
Beebe's 1946 recipe calls for "just a touch of sugar" and I ended up preferring a quarter barspoon of rich sugar syrup, but only after trying twice that...
Rick Rosemont
4th July 2025 at 21:25
This is tasty. A bit on the sweet side of course but very drinkable. Not very 4th of July-ish though. Maybe it can commemorate some thing else?