Corpse Reviver

Rising of a corpse galvanized by a primitive galvanic battery. 1836
Rising of a corpse galvanized by a primitive galvanic battery. 1836
  • Take a long, thin liqueur glass, which
  • Fill with equal portions of
  • Noyeau,
  • Maraschino, and
  • Yellow chartreuse respectively
  • Taking care not to mix the ingredients, and
  • Take off at one draught
American and Other Iced Drinks mainly by Charlie Paul, 1902

White Lion

Lewis Carroll: Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. (1893)
Lewis Carroll: Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. (1893)
  • Use small bar glass
  • Take 1 tea-spoonful of pulverized white sugar
  • 1/2 a lime (squeeze out juice and put rind in glass)
  • 1 wine-glass Santa Cruz rum
  • 1 tea-spoonful of Curaçao
  • 1 tea-spoonful of raspberry syrup
  • Fill the glass half-full of shaved ice
  • Shake up well and
  • Strain into a cocktail glass
The Bar-Tender’s Guide by Jerry Thomas, 1887

East India Cocktail

East India Company docks, 1844
East India Company docks, 1844
  • Use large bar glass
  • Fill the glass with fine ice
  • 1 teaspoonful of raspberry syrup
  • 1 teaspoonful of Curaçao
  • 2 or 3 dashes of bitters
  • 2 dashes of Maraschino
  • 1 wine glass of brandy
  • Stir up with a spoon
  • Strain into a cocktail glass and
  • Twist a piece of lemon peel on top
Scientific Bar-Keeping by Joseph W. Gibson, 1884

Flutemaginley

Five bartenders behind St. Charles Hotel bar, Toronto, Canada. Circa 1911
Five bartenders behind St. Charles Hotel bar, Toronto, Canada. Circa 1911
  • One small glass of cider
  • Half bottle of soda water
  • One glass of sherry
  • One pony glass of brandy
  • One piece of lemon peel
  • Sugar and nutmeg
  • Use large bar glass

This is a somewhat singular name conferred upon a refreshing and pleasant beverage not generally known.

Haney’s Steward & Barkeeper’s Manual: A Complete and Practical Guide by Jesse Haney, 1869

Rumfustian

The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British Isles and France. 1910
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

Golden Slipper

  • Fill a wine-glass one-third full of yellow chartreuse
  • Add the yolk of a small egg, then
  • Fill the glass with Danziger Goldwasser
  • Be careful not to break the yolk of the egg, and
  • Keep the cordials separate
Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler, 1900

Cuban Cocktail

British map of Cuba 1680
British map of Cuba 1680
  • Take two dashes of orange bitters
  • One dash of Maraschino
  • One liqueur-glass of French Vermouth, and
  • Two liqueur-glasses of dry Spanish sherry
  • Fill the mixing-glass with ice
  • Stir well and
  • Strain into a cocktail-glass
Louis’ Mixed Drinks by Louis Muckensturm, 1906

Metropolitan Cocktail

In flight view looking east, taken from a U.S. Navy flying boat passing over New York City skyscrapers, New York (USA) in 1919.
In flight view looking east, taken from a U.S. Navy flying boat passing over New York City skyscrapers, New York (USA) in 1919.
  • Two lumps of ice in a small wine-glass
  • Add three dashes gum-syrup
  • Two dashes Boker’s bitters
  • One pony brandy
  • One pony French vermouth
  • Mix
  • Take out the ice
  • Add a small piece twisted lemon peel
The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905