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The Angelus

The Evening Angel (L’Ange du soir veillant sur une ville), 1848, Alexandre Cabanel.
  • Fill a large glass two-thirds full of fine ice
  • 1 dash of gum
  • 1 dash of absinthe
  • a little vino vermouth
  • 1 pony of Old Tom gin
  • 2 dashes of orange bitters
  • 2 dashes of curaçao
  • Stir well
  • Strain into a fancy glass
The Flowing Bowl by The Only William (William Schmidt), 1892

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Absinthe or Wormwood Bitters

The Absinthe Drinker, Viktor Oliva, 1901
INGREDIENTS
  • Of each 2 drops:
    • Oil of lemon
    • Oil of carraway
    • Oil of absinthe
  • Extract of liquorice, two ounces
  • Extract of camomile, half ounce
  • Rectified spirit, (60 O.P.) three pints
  • Syrup, three pints
  • Water, enough to make two gallons
DIRECTIONS
  • Dissolve the oils in the spirit, and the extracts in water
  • Add both together at once
  • Shake violently for some minutes
  • Next add the syrup and the remainder of the water
  • Again shake well up
  • Let it stand some days, the longer the better
  • Filter through paper
Haney’s Steward & Barkeeper’s Manual: A Complete and Practical Guide by Jesse Haney, 1869

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Brace Up Saratoga

Print, our watering places--horse racing at Saratoga, Harper's Weekly, August 1865
Print, our watering places–horse racing at Saratoga, Harper’s Weekly, August 1865

  • Use large bar glass
  • 1 table-spoonful of fine white sugar
  • 2 or 3 dashes of Boker’s bitters
  • 3 or 4 dashes of lime juice
  • 2 dashes of Absinthe
  • 1 fresh egg
  • 1 wine-glass of brandy
  • 2 small lumps of ice
  • Shake thoroughly
  • Strain into another glass
  • Fill with seltzer water
Stuart’s Fancy Drinks by Thos. Stuart, 1896
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The Press

Reporters with various forms of "fake news" from an 1894 illustration by Frederick Burr Opper.
Reporters with various forms of “fake news” from an 1894 illustration by Frederick Burr Opper.

  • The white of an egg in the bottom of a glass
  • 3 dashes of lemon-juice
  • 1 spoonful of sugar
  • 2/3 of whiskey
  • 1 dash of St. Croix rum
  • 1 dash of calisaya
  • 1 dash of absinthe
  • Fill your glass with ice
  • Shake well
  • Strain into a fizz-glass
  • Fill the balance with seltzer
The Flowing Bowl by The Only William (William Schmidt), 1892
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Beauty Cocktail

"Short-bodied gowns", a Neo-Classical trend in women's clothing styles, the (1794)
“Short-bodied gowns”, a Neo-Classical trend in women’s clothing styles, the (1794)

  • 1/2 jigger dry gin
  • 1/4 jigger French vermouth
  • 1/4 jigger Italian vermouth
  • 1 white of an egg
  • 1 dash of absinthe
  • 1 barspoonful syrup
  • Shake
Drinks by Jacques Straub, 1914
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Hickeys Favorite

  • Tall, thin glass
  • Two lumps of ice
  • Squeeze one-half lemon in glass
  • A squirt of absinthe
  • A squirt of curaçao
  • A good drink of whiskey, gin or brandy
  • Fill up with Krause’s syphon soda
  • Stir
  • Serve
Mixology; The Art of Preparing All Kinds of Drinks “An All Right Book.” by Joseph L. Haywood, Mixologist, 1898
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Aviation Cocktail

A low-angle view of the XB-26H Marauder and its experimental "bicycle" landing gear. 1947
A low-angle view of the XB-26H Marauder and its experimental “bicycle” landing gear. 1947

  • 3/4 Jigger Apple Jack
  • 1/2 Jigger Lime Juice
  • 1 Dash Absinthe
  • 1 Barspoonful of Grenadine Syrup
  • Shake
Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub, 1913
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Trilby Cocktail

Picture of Svengali from George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby, showing Svengali as a spider
Picture of Svengali from George du Maurier’s 1894 novel Trilby, showing Svengali as a spider

  • Use large bar glass
  • Fill glass with shaved ice
  • Two dashes absinthe
  • Two dashes orange bitters
  • Two dashes Parfait d’Amour
  • One-half wine-glass Scotch whiskey
  • One-half wine-glass Italian Vermouth
  • Stir with spoon
  • Strain in cocktail glass
  • Put in cherries
  • Squeeze lemon peel on top, and
  • Serve
The Hoffman House Bartenders Guide by Charles S. Mahoney, 1912
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Sazerac Cocktail

From “Life on the Mississippi” by CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (alias Mark Twain), 1883
From “Life on the Mississippi” by CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (alias Mark Twain), 1883

As served at The St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana.

A famous Southern cocktail, which has the biggest call in the market in the South and replaces our Northern Manhattan.

  • Smash lump of sugar in old fashion cocktail glass
  • Add three drops Peychaud Bitters
  • Two drops Angostura
  • One drink good rye whisky
  • Ice and strain to another ice-cold old-fashion cocktail glass with a dash of Absinthe in, then
  • Squeeze oil of lemon peel.
Beverages de Luxe, Edited by Geo. R. Washburn and Stanley Bronner, 1914
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Colorado Bracer

Prospectors in what was then the "Pikes Peak" region of western Kansas Territory (modern Colorado), ca. 1858.
Prospectors in what was then the “Pikes Peak” region of western Kansas Territory (modern Colorado), ca. 1858.

  • Use large bar glass.
  • One spoonful sugar
  • Juice of one Lime
  • One-half jigger Absinthe
  • One-half jigger Scotch Whiskey

Fill with ice; shake well, strain in fizz glass and fill with seltzer or imported soda.

The Hoffman House Bartenders Guide by Charles S. Mahoney, 1912