- 6 lumps of ice in large bar glass
- 2 teaspoonfuls bar sugar
- 5 dashes lemon juice
- 1 jigger gin
- 1 bottle plain soda
- Stir well
- Remove ice and serve
Rumfustian
![The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British Isles and France. 1910](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/rumfustian.jpg?resize=720%2C513)
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
Pequot Fizz
![Printed in booklet "Souvenir of New Orleans - the City Care Forgot" published by the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, 3rd edition, 1917.](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pequot_fizz.jpg?resize=720%2C453)
As served at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
- One and one-half ounces Plymouth gin
- Juice of one-half lime
- One teaspoonful of sugar
- One-half white of one egg
- Three sprigs of mint
- Well shaken with coarse ice
- Strain and
- Fizz with carbonic water
Beverages de Luxe, Edited by Geo. R. Washburn and Stanley Bronner, 1914
Bronx Cocktail
![Fordham Theatre, Fordham Road and Valentine Avenue, Bronx, New York, proscenium. Architecture and Building. Vol. 53 No. 5 (May 1921)](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bronx_cocktail.jpg?resize=720%2C552)
- 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
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).](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gin_whisky_sling.jpg?resize=720%2C1096)
- 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
H. P. Whitney Cocktail
![1915 Kentucky Derby winner Regret with trainer James Rowe (left) and owner Harry Payne Whitney.](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hp_whitney.jpg?resize=720%2C606)
- 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
Alaska Cocktail
![Cartoon satirizing the Alaska purchase of 1867. Secretary of State William Seward rubs cooling salve (Alaska) on the feverish (and embattled) president, Andrew Johnson. In the background, "the advantages" are dominion over the Eskimos, and in the poster, Uncle Sam is chased by polar bears.](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/alaska_cocktail.jpg?resize=720%2C973)
- 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
![1919](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/old_fashioned_gin_cocktail.jpg?resize=640%2C595)
- 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
“The Three Graces” Cocktail
![Three men posing on a pedestal, holding balls that say "Peace with Soudan", "Retrench", and "Reform Socialism". Line drawing. 1885](https://i0.wp.com/lostcocktails.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the_three_graces.jpg?resize=720%2C690)
As served at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans Louisiana
For persons fond of Vermouth or Dubonnet, this has the richest flavor and pleasant aroma, as well as taste, and is considered to give an unusually strong appetite.
- One-third Dubonnet
- One-third French Vermouth
- One-third Orange Gin
- Frappe and strain to cocktail glass
Beverages de Luxe, Edited by Geo. R. Washburn and Stanley Bronner, 1914
Martini Cocktail – No. 1
- Half a mixing-glass full fine ice
- Three dashes orange bitters
- One-half jigger Tom gin
- One-half jigger Italian vermouth
- One piece lemon peel
- Mix
- Strain into cocktail-glass