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Old Waldorf Bar Days
BLACK
BLACKTHORN
Two-thirds Italian Vermuth
One-third Tom Gin
Of Irish inception, "Blackthorn" is synonymous with
shillalah, the native Celt's walking-stick, used also from
primitive days as a weapon of offense and defense. It is cut
from the blackthorn bush. The fact that one of its essentials
was Sloe Gin, a distillation of the fruit of the blackthorn,
gave authority to the drink and to its derivation as well.
BRADFORD
Two dashes Orange Bitters
One-third Italian Vermuth
Two-thirds Sloe Gin
Stir
Not called after a celebrated Pilgrim Father, but after a
town in Pennsylvania, whose name was often heard in the
Bar because E. E. Smathers, one of its well known patrons,
earlier mentioned, came from Bradford, or thereabouts.
BRANDY
BRIDAL
Two dashes Orange Bitters
One-halfltalian Vermuth
One-half Tom Gin
Twist Lemon Peel on top
One dash Angostura Bitters
One dash Gin
One jigger Brandy
Stir
Two dashes Orange Bitters
Dash of Maraschino
One-third jigger Italian Vermuth
Two-tliirds Plymouth Gin
Stir; strain
One
pie~e
Orange Peel, twisted, thrown in
glass
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