Lost Cocktails - A Copacetic Collection Of Vintage Cocktail Recipes

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 by kpelesky@gmail.com

Brandy Scaffa

Cherry time, 1906, by Salvatore Postiglione

(Use a sherry glass.)

One-quarter glass of raspberry syrup
One-quarter glass of Maraschino
One-quarter glass of Chartreuse (green)
Top it off with Brandy
Serve

This drink must be properly prepared to prevent the different colors from running into each other, but must each have a separate appearance.

Harry Johnson’s New and Improved Bartender’s Manual, 1882

Note from Lost Cocktails:

Chartreuse Verte (Shameless affiliate link) – Created in 1764 as a lighter alternative to elixir vegetal. The details of the original recipes’ 130 ingredients are still a well-kept secret. Chartreuse Verte is aged 2-3 years in oak casks before being thinned down to an average strength of 55% ABV before it is bottled.

Posted on March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 by kpelesky@gmail.com

Absinthe or Wormwood Bitters

The Absinthe Drinker, Viktor Oliva, 1901

INGREDIENTS

Of each 2 drops:
- Oil of lemon
- Oil of carraway
- Oil of absinthe
Extract of liquorice, two ounces
Extract of camomile, half ounce
Rectified spirit, (60 O.P.) three pints
Syrup, three pints
Water, enough to make two gallons

DIRECTIONS

Dissolve the oils in the spirit, and the extracts in water
Add both together at once
Shake violently for some minutes
Next add the syrup and the remainder of the water
Again shake well up
Let it stand some days, the longer the better
Filter through paper

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

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Posted on February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 by kpelesky@gmail.com

Tom and Jerry

Note from Lost Cocktails: I have been wanting to feature the “Tom and Jerry” since I created the Lost Cocktails blog. My husband and I visit Niagara Falls a couple times a year and it’s a tradition on our way back to stop at Schwabl’s in West Seneca, New York outside of Buffalo. Sidenote: Anthony Bourdain visited Schwabl’s for his Travel Channel series, “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.”

Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by kpelesky@gmail.com

Russian Cocktail

The fruit grower's guide: Vintage illustration of cherry, 1894 (original work) — The fruit grower’s guide: Vintage illustration of cherry, 1894 (original work)

A drink which is in the last year (Note from Lost Cocktails that this was published in 1914) much appreciated in the Northern part of Europe, and is lately introduced here, where it has proven to be appreciated by connoisseurs.

Three-fifths Vodka
Two-fifths Ruhinoy (a Russian cherry cordial made of cherry stones)
Frappe
Strain

(This drink is very strong)

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Posted on January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 by kpelesky@gmail.com

Dry Manhattan Cocktail

Looking south down Broadway in Times Square, 1908

Take two dashes of orange bitters
One dash of Angostura bitters
Two liqueur-glasses of Rye whiskey
One liqueur-glass of French Vermouth
Fill the mixing-glass with ice
Stir well
Strain into a cocktail-glass
Twist in a small piece of lemon peel
Serve with a stuffed olive

Louis’ Mixed Drinks by Louis Muckensturm, 1906

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Posted on December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 by kpelesky@gmail.com

The Col. Taylor “Manhattan Bellringer”

Manhattan Bridge, made March 23rd, 1909. Marine terminal at Main and Plymouth Streets in foreground; bridge under construction in background.

Fill mixing glass two-thirds full fine ice
2 teaspoonfuls of syrup
1/2 teaspoonful of lemon juice
2 dashes orange bitters
1 dash Peychaud bitters
2/3 wine glass of Old Taylor bourbon
1/3 wine glass of Vermouth (Italy)
Stir the above ingredients thoroughly
Put one-half teaspoonful of abricotine into the cocktail glass
Rinse it so that the abricotine will be evenly coated all over the inside of cocktail glass
Strain the mixture into it
Serve