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Bottle of Cocktail

A historical recipe from The Ideal Bartender, by Tom Bullock (1917).

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A historical recipe

The Ideal Bartender, by Tom Bullock (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #13487.

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

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. a quart of Whiskey
  2. 1 jigger Gum Syrup

Method

  1. Pour a quart of Whiskey or other Liquor desired into a Bar measure or glass pitcher and add: 1 jigger Gum Syrup.
  2. 1 pony Curacoa.
  3. 3/4 pony Angostura Bitters.
  4. Pour back and forth from one measure or pitcher into another measure or pitcher until the liquid is thoroughly mixed.
  5. Bottle and cork.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Ideal Bartender, by Tom Bullock (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #13487 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13487). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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.