- To a gill of old rum add
- One ounce of sugar
- Two yolks of eggs, and the
- Juice of half a lemon
- Boil half a pint of water with
- Six cloves
- Six coriander-seeds, and a
- Bit of cinnamon
- Whisk all together, and
- Strain them into a tumbler
Sleeper
Rock and Rye
- Pour into a whiskey-glass one teaspoonful pure rock-candy syrup, add a
- Small bar-spoon, and
- Allow the customer to help himself to the whiskey.
Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler, 1900
Mint Julep – Kentucky Style
- Use a large Silver Mug
- Dissolve one lump of Sugar in one-half pony of Water
- Fill mug with Fine Ice
- Two jiggered of Old Bourbon Whiskey
- Stir well
- Add one boquet of Mint and
- Serve
Be careful and not bruise the Mint.
The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock, 1917
Bisleri Cocktail
- One part of Bisleri’s bitters (Ferro China Bisleri)
- Two parts Italian Vermouth
- Ice
- Shake
- Strain and
- Serve in cocktail glass, adding
- Oil of Orange Peel
Beverages de Luxe, Edited by Geo. R. Washburn and Stanley Bronner, 1914
H. P. Whitney Cocktail
- Take two dashes of orange bitters
- One dash of Maraschino
- One liqueur-glass of French Vermouth, and
- Two liqueur-glasses of dry gin
- Fill the mixing-glass with ice
- Stir well and
- Strain into a cocktail-glass
- Serve with an orange peel and a queen olive
Louis’ Mixed Drinks by Louis Muckensturm, 1906
Manhattan Cocktail
- Fill mixing-glass half-full fine ice
- Add two dashes gum-syrup
- Two dashes Boker’s bitters
- One-half jigger Italian vermouth
- One-half jigger whiskey
- Mix
- Strain into cocktail-glass
- Add a piece of lemon peel
The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905
Pacific Union
- Put a lump of ice in a glass and
- Two dashes of gum syrup; on this
- Two dashes of Curaçao
- Three of Boker’s bitters, a
- Wine-glass of Italian vermouth and
- One pony of rye whisky
- Shake
- Thoroughly mix, and
- Strain into a glass in which there is a twist of lemon-peel
One Hundred & One Beverages by May E. Southworth, 1904
The Pacific-Union Club is a social club in San Francisco, at the top of Nob Hill, founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854).
Flip Flap
(Leo’s specialties)
- Fill up a sherry wine glass two-thirds full of Maraschino, yellow Chartreuse, Kummel in equal proportions, and
- One dash of Kirschenwasser
- Having done this, add the white of an egg with
- A little sugar
- Shake or swizzle well in a tumbler and
- Serve in a thin glass
American & Other Drinks by Leo Engel, 1878
Alaska Cocktail
- 1 Dash Orange Bitters
- 1/3 Jigger Yellow Chartreuse
- 2/3 Jigger Tom Gin
- Shake
Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub, 1913
Old-Fashioned Gin Cocktail
- Use a gin glass
- 1/3 of a glass of water
- 1/2 spoonful of sugar
- Dissolve the sugar well
- 2 or 3 dashes of bitters (Angostura)
- 1 small lump of ice
- 2-3 glass of gin
- Wish a piece of lemon peel and drop in the glass
- Mix well with a spoon, and
- Serve
This drink is extremely popular with elderly persons who have been good fellows for a generation.