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Amaranth Cocktail

A historical recipe from Modern American Drinks, by George J. Kappeler (1895).

A historical recipe

Modern American Drinks: How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks, by George J. Kappeler (1895). Project Gutenberg eBook #61065.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Modern American Drinks, by George J. Kappeler (1895). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #61065 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61065). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Fine ice in a mixing-glass, two dashes Angostura bitters, one jigger whiskey.
  2. Mix, strain into a whiskey-glass, and fill up with seltzer;
  3. then take a very little fine sugar in a small bar-spoon and stir into the cocktail.
  4. Drink during effervescence.