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Should this from CNN be included?
[edit]Admiral Edward Russell's 17th-Century throwdown
Think you can drink like a sailor? Maybe you should take a moment to reflect on what that truly means.
The record for history's largest cocktail belongs to British Lord Admiral Edward Russell. In 1694, he threw an officer's party that employed a garden's fountain as the punch bowl.
The concoction? A mixture that included 250 gallons of brandy, 125 gallons of Malaga wine, 1,400 pounds of sugar, 2,500 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of nutmeg.
A series of bartenders actually paddled around in a small wooden canoe, filling up guests' cups. Not only that, but they had to work in 15-minute shifts to avoid being overcome by the fumes and falling overboard.
The party continued nonstop for a full week, pausing only briefly during rainstorms to erect a silk canopy over the punch to keep it from getting watered down. In fact, the festivities didn't end until the fountain had been drunk completely dry. Soyseñorsnibbles 15:07, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit]Tidied a few typos and duplicate wikilinks, added a few commas and a couple of oclc's.Keith-264 (talk) 13:02, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
- Many thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 20:45, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
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