- Take two dashes of orange bitters
- One dash of Maraschino, and
- One-half a bar-glass of Rye Whiskey
Fill the mixing-glass with ice, stir well, and strain into a cocktail-glass. Squeeze in the oil from a piece of lemon peel.
Breslin Cocktail
As served at Hotel Breslin, New York, N.Y., the Famous Breslin Cocktail
- One-third French Vermouth
- One-third Orange Gin
- One-third Dubonnet
(Frappe thoroughly, strain and serve in old fashioned whisky cocktail glass).
from Beverages de Luxe, Edited by Geo. R. Washburn and Stanley Bronner, 1914
Some history on the Hotel Breslin: James H. Breslin commissioned the architects Clinton & Russell to build the Hotel Breslin, a French Renaissance structure that was started in 1903 and completed a year later at a cost of $1 million at 1186 Broadway in New York City.
Dundorado Cocktail
- One-half jigger Tom gin
- One-half jigger Italian vermouth
- A mixing glass half-full fine ice
- Two dashes calasaya
Mix and strain into cocktail glass.
from Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler, 1900
“Inasmuch as you will do this thing, it is best that you do it intelligently.”
-from the Gorham Cocktail Book
Harvard Cocktail
- One dash gum-syrup
- Three dashes Boker’s bitters
- Half a jigger Italian vermouth
- Half a jigger brandy
- Seltzer
Mixing glass half-full of fine ice; one dash gum-syrup, three dashes Boker’s bitters, half a jigger Italian vermouth, half a jigger of brandy. Mix and strain into a cocktail-glass, then fill up with seltzer and serve quickly.