Commerdingers Cocktails

Recipes of liquid antiquity selected from publications of the American Gilded Age and Progressive Era: A preservation and modern translation of bygone beverages

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Cold #Brandy #Toddy from the Early #1900s

Dissolve in small bar-glass 1 teaspoonful of fine white sugar in 1/2 wineglassful of water. Add 1 #wineglassful of brandy and 1 lump of ice, and stir well.

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#ClubCocktail from 1906

Half a glassful of ice, two dashes of gum, two-thirds of #gin, one-third of #vinovermouth, two dashes of #orangebitters, and one dash of #greenchartreuse. Stir well, strain, and serve.

Notes:  Gum can be understood as #gumsyrup.

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#Cider #Eggnog recipe from 1917.
Into a large bar glass break a fresh Egg.
1 teaspoons Sugar.
4 lumps Cracked Ice.
Fill up with #SweetCider.
Shake; strain into tall, thin glass and serve with grated
#Nutmeg on top.

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#MontanaCocktail

Use large bar glass. Three-quarters full of shaved ice. Two dashes #Anisette. Two dashes #bitters. One-half wine-glass #FrenchVermouth. Stir with spoon, strain in #cocktail glass, and serve, after squeezing piece of lemon peel on top.

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#CherryCocktail From 1924

To 1/2 gill of syrup add 1/2 a small wineglassful #maraschinoliqueur, 2 tablespoonfuls each strained orange juice and lemon juice, and 1 tablespoonful castor sugar. Mix this with 1 small bottle soda or...
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#Choker from the #1920s

Four glasses of #whisky, two of #Absinthe, and a dash of #WormwoodBitters. This #cocktail should be shaken very thoroughly and no sugar should be added.

Notes:  A glass for this recipe can be interpreted as .5 ounces.

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#ClubCocktail from 1914

Half #limejuice
Half pony syrup
One #jigger of #Gin
Six dashes #PeychaudBitters.
Put in mixing glass with fine ice
and shake well.
Strain in a #cocktail glass.

Notes:  A jigger = 1.5 oz. Half pony = .5 oz. Half #lime juice = abt .5 Tbs.

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#SherryAndBitters #recipe from 1862
1 dash of #bitters.
1 wine-glass of #sherry.

Notes: As this recipe does not indicate what kind of sherry or bitters, it is recommended to choose by personal preference.

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#FancyVermouthCocktail From 1905
Into small #barglass put 2 dashes #Angostura bitters, 2 dashes #maraschino, and 1 wineglass-ful of #vermouth. Add shaved ice to fill the glass one-quarter full; after shaking, strain into a #cocktail glass; #garnish with slice of lemon.

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#CiderCocktail from the #1920s
Mix together 1 pint good #cider, sweetened to taste, 1 slice lemon, 1/2 pint shaved ice, or iced #aeratedwater, 1 drop #TinctureOfColumba, 1 tablespoonful #Curaçao in the usual way and serve in #cocktail glasses.
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#BrandyCocktail From 1905

MIXING -GLASS half-full fine ice, two dashes #gumsyrup, two dashes #Peyschaud or #BokersBitters, one jigger #brandy. Mix and strain into #cocktailglass. Add a piece twisted #lemonpeel.

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#MartiniCocktail from 1895

Half a mixing-glass full fine ice, three dashes #orangebitters, one-half jigger #TomGin one-half jigger #ItalianVermouth, a piece #LemonPeel. Mix, strain into #cocktail glass. Add a #MaraschinoCherry, if desired by customer.

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#EggBeer From The #1800s

Beat a whole #egg with a spoonful of sugar in a glass, and fill it up with #beer.

From: #TheFlowingBowl
By: William Schmidt
Year: 1891

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#GinCocktail from 1924
Half fill a tumbler with shaved ice, add a strip of lemon rind,1 wineglassful unsweetened #gin, 1 tablespoonful #orangebitters, and sugar to taste. Shake well, strain and serve with the #lemonrind on the top.
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#BurntBrandy
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#VermouthCocktail From 1895
Mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes #Angostura or #PeyschaudBitters, one jigger #ItalianVermouth (Sweet Red). Mix well, strain into cocktail-glass; add a piece lemon-peel or cherry.
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#GinFizz From 1906
Take the juice of half a #lemon,
One teaspoonful of sugar, and
One-half a bar-glass of #gin.
Fill the mixing-glass with ice; shake well and serve in a high-ball glass. #Fizz with #soda.
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#MartinezCocktail
Take half-pint tumbler half full chipped ice; add one dash #BokersBitters, two dashes #maraschino, pony of #OldTomGin, wine-glassful #vermouth; shake well, and strain into a large #cocktail glass; serve with a slice of lemon; if sweet add two dashes of #gumsyrup

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#EggSour from the Early #1900s
Shake up well in a small bar-glass 1 teaspoon-ful of powdered white sugar 3 dashes of lemon juice, 1 pony of #Curaçao 1 pony of #brandy, 1 egg, 2 or 3 small lumps of ice. Remove the ice.
Note: Use a fresh pee-wee or small-sized egg pasteurized egg

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#ClaretPunch
1 bottle of #claret.
1/4 the quantity of ice-water.
2 lemons, sliced.
1/2 cup powdered sugar.
Cover sliced lemon with sugar, let it stand 10 mins. Add water; stir hard for a whole minute, pour in the wine. Put pounded ice in each glass before filling.