THE GREAT LOST BEAR 80 Beers On Tap... ...plus Full Bar OREST A E E ORTLA E THE GREAT LOST BEAR s e p t e m B e r 2 0 1 8 1 0 1 Gueule de bois, 1885, Toulouse-Lautrec Lautrec drank absinthe— as did most artists of that era—and we can assume this is what the bottle might have been. He’s said to have mixed his wormwood (4 parts) with half its vol- ume matched by red wine (2 parts), and then one part cognac. That must leave a mark! The wine might have been the 1870 Cha- teau Lafite, one of the first growths of Bordeaux. The 1870 vintage was one of the greatest pre-phylloxera of all time. ■