Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-04 | Page 7 | Judges of Whisky

Judges of f Whisky I x Men who drink may not know if it said an an n old barkeeper but the man behind behind behind be be- hind the bar bal knows as much about the kind of whisky the customer likes as the customer himself knows The fact of the business is that It is the e easiest siest thing in the world to Impose on the average average ave aye rage man The only thing the barkeeper barkeep barkeep- er has to learn is the character of the whisky a man drinks whether it is strong or pr mild You take the average man who visits saloons and who claims to be a good judge of whisky and when you come to look into it you will find findt t that lat he goes altogether by the smoothness smoothness smoothness smooth smooth- ness of taste Or the strength of the article ar ar- tic tic-la you give him Bad Dad whisky is sometimes sometimes some sonic times strong and sometimes mild and the result is that the man who depends upon the effect whisky has on the mouth and the palate will be fooled in nine cases out of ten Jen Unless a man Is re really lIY an at expert in inthe the business business and and nd there ther are few experts in spite of the claims of men who arc aro counted among tl the regular whisky drinkers It ri-it ri it is aIlY a a very hard thing for him td tell one kind of whisky from another Of course thre are men who can tell one kind of whisky fr from m an An- other There are men who are really good judges judg-es ot of whisky they cannot be fooled But with the average man i Itis it itIs is an easy thing for the barkeeper to practice the art of deception if it he Is Inclined to do so The customer will wll not l know khOw hOW the difference It is really a avery avery avery very simple matter All the barkeeper has to do is to learn the kind of whisky the man likes whether likes whether He lie wants a tL str strong mg whisky or a mild whisky This Is all the barkeeper needs to know When he J learns arns t this It Is an easy matter matter matter mat mat- ter for hIm to fool the man who iCho Minks drinks at the b bar r W if he happens to be connected connected con con- ted with a place which deals IndIfferently Indifferently with the brands of whisky Yes there there m but e very few good gooc judges of whisky Nine out of ten o othe of the tle men boast of the fact that they know good whisky but they do not The only thing they have learned lea as a matter of fact Is the difference rence between strong strong- whisky and mild whisky whisky whis whis- ky and a mere novice In the drinking business will wm know this much after a afew afew afew few rounds with the cup c New New New Orleans Times rImes I