1974 Cocktail Guide By The U.S. Forest Service

It looks like members of the U.S. Forest Service definitely know their way around making a fancy drink, as proven by this vintage cocktail guide from 1974. The guide bears a close resemblance to a housing blueprint but actually depicts in great detail how to prepare a great Whiskey Sour or a Martini.


It doesn’t take an expert to realize that the recipe for a perfect drink is guaranteed to be worth something even decades after it was written down. You can go ahead and study the chart closely before deciding which drink you’d like to enjoy tonight. We’d probably go for the Tom Collins cocktail, because you can’t really go wrong with lemon juice, carbonated water and gin. Bottoms up!