Belvedere

  • Put together one bottle of Blue Ribbon beer and
  • One bottle of Dublin ginger ale
  • Set the pitcher in a wine-cooler packed with ice for a few minutes before serving
One Hundred & One Beverages by May E. Southworth, 1904

Flash of Lightning

Franklin's Experiment, June 1752. Demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Currier & Ives 1876
Franklin’s Experiment, June 1752. Demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Currier & Ives 1876
  • Use tumbler
  • A wine glass of brandy
  • Half a tea-spoonful of gingerette
  • Tablespoonful of raspberry syrup
  • Shake up well with ice, and
  • Strain
American & Other Drinks by Leo Engel, 1878

Bronx Cocktail

Fordham Theatre, Fordham Road and Valentine Avenue, Bronx, New York, proscenium. Architecture and Building. Vol. 53 No. 5 (May 1921)
Fordham Theatre, Fordham Road and Valentine Avenue, Bronx, New York, proscenium. Architecture and Building. Vol. 53 No. 5 (May 1921)
  • 1/2 Jigger Dry Gin
  • 1/4 Jigger Italian Vermouth
  • 1/4 Jigger French Vermouth
  • 1 Piece Orange
  • Shake Well
Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub, 1913

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

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

Black Stripe

Up-to-date method of making molasses on the farm of Fred Hatmaker. This farm will be under water when the Norris Dam reservoir fills. 1933
Up-to-date method of making molasses on the farm of Fred Hatmaker. This farm will be under water when the Norris Dam reservoir fills. 1933
  • Pour 1 wine-glass Santa Crux into a small bar-glass and
  • Add 1 tablespoonful molasses

If to be served cold

  • Add 1 wine-glass of water and
  • Full with cracked ice
  • Stir well and serve

If to be served hot

  • Fill glass with hot water and
  • Sprinkle nutmeg on top
New Bartender’s Guide, I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1914

Gin or Whiskey Sling

1905 ad for Old Valley Whiskey (part of an ad for distributor Continental Whiskey Company, Polk's Seattle City Directory, 1905).
1905 ad for Old Valley Whiskey (part of an ad for distributor Continental Whiskey Company, Polk’s Seattle City Directory, 1905).
  • Thin peel of an orange or lemon soaked in 1/4 pint of gin or whisky
  • Juice of 2 oranges and 1 lemon
  • Sugar to taste
  • Add 1 pint of pounded Lake ice
  • Use straws
Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington, 1869

Sleeper

English Fairy Tales, Jacobs, J., 1895 New York
English Fairy Tales, Jacobs, J., 1895 New York
  • 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
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

Rock and Rye

Ad for George Dickel's Cascade Whisky from a 1915 issue of the Rock Island Argus.
Ad for George Dickel’s Cascade Whisky from a 1915 issue of the Rock Island Argus.
  • 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

Composite image of Churchill Downs, Kentucky — taken in 1901.
Composite image of Churchill Downs, Kentucky — taken in 1901.
  • 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