{"id":50093,"date":"2015-04-16T06:25:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T12:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/government-drinking-specifications.html"},"modified":"2015-05-06T11:50:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T17:50:42","slug":"government-drinking-specifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/government-drinking-specifications.html","title":{"rendered":"Government drinking specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, given what was going on in the US government in 1974, no wonder booze was a popular topic.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I&#39;d check the recipes carefully before throwing a Government Cocktail Party. A 2:1 gin:vermouth ratio in a martini is almost undrinkable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/04\/03\/a-1974-government-document-shows-how-to-make-a-proper-cocktail'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/-3e1GeC5SYxHmGMMM1hz_3wqn66CzA3LkdTPHPAyRfK0AJGWNZSNvlYISbMMIy75GaKtoIQbx6kZppnHEf1pOFRNXy9DCTLb-QpGhtItkVcL1LreO6eJbs8=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/04\/03\/a-1974-government-document-shows-how-to-make-a-proper-cocktail'>A 1974 government document shows how to make a proper cocktail<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nLet it never be said that the forestry department doesn&#8217;t have fun\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/GbsFCMX5Qpu'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, given what was going on in the US government in 1974, no wonder booze was a popular topic. That said, I&#39;d check the recipes carefully before throwing a Government Cocktail Party. A 2:1 gin:vermouth ratio in a martini is almost undrinkable. A 1974 government document shows how to make a proper cocktail Let &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/government-drinking-specifications.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Government drinking 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