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Holland Gin Cocktail

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

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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.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. two dashes Angostura bitters
  2. two dashes gum-syrup

Method

  1. Mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes Angostura bitters or Peyschaud bitters, two dashes gum-syrup, one jigger Holland gin.
  2. Mix;
  3. strain into a cocktail-glass.
  4. Add a piece of twisted lemon-peel or a maraschino cherry.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Vegetable peeler
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

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.

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.