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Hugo R. Ensslin, a Wilkes-Barre Tragedy

Hugo R. Ensslin, a Wilkes-Barre Tragedy

The Sad Story of an Inadvertently Influential Cocktail Book Author.

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Jan 20, 2023
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Hugo R. Ensslin, bartender and hotelier.

Hugo R. Ensslin is not a name that anyone outside of cocktail circles knows. And, prior to 2009, when his 1916-17 cocktail book Recipes for Mixed Drinks was reissued by the company Cocktail Kingdom, it was not a name anyone knew.

Since then, however, the bartender and hotelier has developed a small but solid reputa…

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