- 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
Flash of Lightning
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.