- One part of Bisleri’s bitters (Ferro China Bisleri)
- Two parts Italian Vermouth
- Ice
- Shake
- Strain and
- Serve in cocktail glass, adding
- Oil of Orange Peel
H. P. Whitney Cocktail
- Take two dashes of orange bitters
- One dash of Maraschino
- One liqueur-glass of French Vermouth, and
- Two liqueur-glasses of dry gin
- Fill the mixing-glass with ice
- Stir well and
- Strain into a cocktail-glass
- Serve with an orange peel and a queen olive
Louis’ Mixed Drinks by Louis Muckensturm, 1906
Manhattan Cocktail
- Fill mixing-glass half-full fine ice
- Add two dashes gum-syrup
- Two dashes Boker’s bitters
- One-half jigger Italian vermouth
- One-half jigger whiskey
- Mix
- Strain into cocktail-glass
- Add a piece of lemon peel
The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905
Pacific Union
- Put a lump of ice in a glass and
- Two dashes of gum syrup; on this
- Two dashes of Curaçao
- Three of Boker’s bitters, a
- Wine-glass of Italian vermouth and
- One pony of rye whisky
- Shake
- Thoroughly mix, and
- Strain into a glass in which there is a twist of lemon-peel
One Hundred & One Beverages by May E. Southworth, 1904
The Pacific-Union Club is a social club in San Francisco, at the top of Nob Hill, founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854).
Flip Flap
(Leo’s specialties)
- Fill up a sherry wine glass two-thirds full of Maraschino, yellow Chartreuse, Kummel in equal proportions, and
- One dash of Kirschenwasser
- Having done this, add the white of an egg with
- A little sugar
- Shake or swizzle well in a tumbler and
- Serve in a thin glass
American & Other Drinks by Leo Engel, 1878
Alaska Cocktail
- 1 Dash Orange Bitters
- 1/3 Jigger Yellow Chartreuse
- 2/3 Jigger Tom Gin
- Shake
Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub, 1913
Old-Fashioned Gin Cocktail
- Use a gin glass
- 1/3 of a glass of water
- 1/2 spoonful of sugar
- Dissolve the sugar well
- 2 or 3 dashes of bitters (Angostura)
- 1 small lump of ice
- 2-3 glass of gin
- Wish a piece of lemon peel and drop in the glass
- Mix well with a spoon, and
- Serve
This drink is extremely popular with elderly persons who have been good fellows for a generation.
Daly’s Bartenders’ Encyclopedia by Tim Daly, 1903
Fedora
- Use large bar-glass
- Three-fourths full of shaved ice
- Two tablespoonfuls of fine sugar dissolved in a little water
- One pony of brandy
- One pony of Curaçao
- One-half pony of whiskey
- One-half pony of Jamaica rum
- Shake well
- Dress with fruit and serve with straws
New Bartender’s Guide, I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1914
Prima Donna
- Beat yolk of 1 egg in a glass of sherry
- Add a very little cayenne pepper
Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington, 1869
Reviver
- A sherry-glass one-third full maraschino
- One-third noyau, and
- One-third yellow chartreuse