I’m not going to vouch for the authenticity, but I loved the story: the recipe (consisting of rye, mint, sugar, ice, tin/silver/pewter cup) was handwritten on the back of a confederate note, found in the family bible.

BS meter is at full tilt.

However, that article (and the Thin Man movies) made me seek out Rye. This was relatively difficult at the turn of the millennium. I did find Old Overholt and thus began my love affair with Rye.

Hey, Looks like Atomic is online and has their past articles up (by Kevin Brown) - here’s the one that started my Rye obsession.