Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-06-20 | Page 3 | Whisky Drummer Who Never Tastes Liquor

WHISKY SKY DRUMMER WHO NEV NEVER TASTES LIQUOR A whisky drummer who never tastes whisky seems something of a curiosity to the uninitiated There is one of that ilk Ik at the Kenyon now however When hen henhe he got married seven months ago his wife asked him to cut out liquor alto alto- gether This abstemious salesman of ot Intoxicants is H. H S. S Joseph of Denver How do you ou tell good from bad whisky whisky whis whis- k ky if you never taste it Mr Joseph was asked There are plenty of other ways beI besides besides be be- I sides tasting was the reply Really the best beat way to test whisky is by smelling it Take a whisky glass and pour a few drops of whisky Into it Roll It along the table so o as to spread the whisky over over the inside of the glass Then turn the glass upside down and drop out all of the you can Roll noH the glass between your open hands The heat of the hands will bring out whatever bouquet there Is in the whis ky Although they may think they cannot can cannot 1 not one out of ten people can tell the difference ceTh between rye and dm bourbon r. r whisky The average saloon man cant I ITh Th Then n the way most people may be befooled befooled i fooled on the quality of whisky really is amusing Give them an 80 or proof 90 of a a. poor whisky and they will smack their lips and tell you rou its it's a fine whisky Give them from to proof nO-proof of a really good grade It is much stronger and burns the throat Your amateur taster will tell you that it is a a. cheap young whisky Saloon men mostly cut their whisky whisky whisky whis whis- ky with water Whisky when wizen It is newly distilled Is white like water It gets its color from age ard the charcoal charcoal charcoal char char- coal which is put in the barrel to clear It Many saloon men adulterate cheap whiskies with a mixture of alcohol and burnt sugar to give It the appearance of age Others age it by coloring It with caramel Six to eight years of ot age makes a good whisky Eight years is the limit for tor keeping it ft In bondI bondI bond I see that the e whisky s tr trust is using s e every effort tt to eh h have the e revenue e acct reduced from to 70 cents a gallon It may get it down to 90 00 cents but I dont don't imagine it will be reduced any lower Salt Lake is one of ot the best besth whisky h towns j I make I mean as re regards regards regards re- re gards g-ards the quantity of whisky sold Then the saloon men as a whole are a better class of men than in most cities I