Union Regimental Drum Corps from the American Civil war. Between 1861 and 1865
Boil a large kettle of strong black coffee
Take a large dish and put four pounds of lump sugar over this
Then pour four bottles of brandy and
Two bottles Jamaica rum over the sugar, and
Set it on fire, and
Let the sugar dissolve and drop into the black coffee
Stir this well up, and you will have a good hot punch for a soldier on guard
Harry Johnson’s New and Improved Bartender’s Manual, 1882
Note from Lost Cocktails: Maybe this should stay in the anecdotal category. I can’t imagine fire and two bottles of Jamaica Rum are a good combination.
The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British Isles and France. 1910
This is the singular name bestowed upon a drink very much in vogue with English sportsmen, after their return from a day’s shooting, and is concocted thus:
The yolks of a dozen eggs are well whisked up, and
Put into a quart of strong beer
To this is added a pint of gin
A bottle of sherry is put into a saucepan, with a
Stick of cinnamon
A nutmeg grated
A dozen large lumps of sugar, and the
Rind of a lemon peeled very thin
When the wine boils, it is poured upon the gin and beer, and the whole drunk hot
How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant’s Companion by Jerry Thomas (Formerly principal Bar-tender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Planter’s House, St. Louis), 1862
