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Recipes For Mixing Fancy Drinks
Absinthe—American Style.—(A large bar glass.)
glass of fine ice; 4 or 5 clashes of gum syrup; 1
pony of absinthe; 2 wineglasses of water. Shake
the ingredient until the outside of the shaker is cov
ered with ice. Strain into a large bar glass.
Absinthe Cocktail.—(A large bar glass.)
Fill
tumbler with ice; 3 or 4 dashes of gum syrup; 1
dash of Angostura bitters; 1 dash of anisette; %
wineglass of water;
wineglass absinthe.
Stir
well; strain into a fancy cocktail glass.
Twist a
piece of lemon peel on top.
Absinthe Frappe.—(In mixing glass.) Yi full of
ice; 3 dashes anisette; 1 dash of syrup; 1 jigger
water; Yz jigger of absinthe.
Absinthe—French Style.—(A large bar glass.) 1
pony of absinthe. Fill the bowl of your absinthe
glass (which has a hole in the center) with fine ice
and the balance with water. Then elevate the bowl
and let the contents drip into the glass containing
the absinthe, until the color shows a sufficiency.
Pour into a large bar glass.
Aguinaldo Punch.—(Large punch glass.) 1 spoon
ful of bar sugar; 4 dashes lemon juice; 4 dashes
French vermouth; 4 dashes rum; 1 jigger of whisky.
Fill glass half full of crushed ice. Fill with seltzer.
Decorate with fruit and serve with a straw.
Ale Sangaree.—(An ale glass.) 1 teaspoon of
powdered sugar; fill up with ale; grate nutmeg on
top.
Amaranth Cocktail.—Make a regular cocktail and
strain into a whisky glass. Fill up with seltzer or
Vichy water. Dip a small spoon in fine sugar, and
with what sugar remains upon spoon stir up the
cocktail so as to cause it to ferment; have the
spoon a little wet when dipping in the sugar.
American Beauty.—(Use tall thin glass.) 4 tea-
spoonful of creme de menthe; fill with shaved ice;
then in another glass mix the following: Juice of
Y2 orange; small spoonful of sugar; Yi jigger good
brandy; Y2 jigger French vermouth; pour in the first
glass; dash the top with port wine.
Dress with
fruits and a sprig of green mint and serve with a
straw.
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American Flag.—(In wine glass.) Use Yi cream
with Y2 maraschino; fill glass with claret, keeping
colors separate.
American Pousse Cafe.—Lt maraschino; 3 Cura-
coa;
chartreuse (green); Ya brandy. Keep the
colors separate.
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