Take Your Best Shot

May, 1984

There's an abiding myth that only Hell's Angels and bad guys in black hats take their liquor neat--in straight shots. It ain't necessarily so. Granted, social oracles have dubbed these times the era of the cocktail revolution, and the mixed drink is king. We wouldn't have it any other way. Nevertheless, there's always the danger of throwing out the baby with the bath water. In all the enthusiasm for cocktails, the fact that certain potions are structured to be taken in their purity has been over...