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OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK
FLIPS
FL1P:
A drink made with some liquor, mixed with an egg and
spiced and sugared.
SHERRY
One Egg (star glass)
One-half spoon Sugar
One jigger Sherry
Ice; shake; strain; grate Nutmeg on
top
Note: Other flips made by the same formula, with
other bases than Sherry.
KRUGER
SPECIAL
WHISKEY
Sherry Flip, with a dash of Grenadine
(fizz glass)
Fill from siphon
One Egg
One-half spoon Sugar
One jigger Whiskey
Shake; strain; Nutmeg grated on top
HIGH-BALLS
Just as is the case with "cocktail," the origin and application of
"high-ball" as a name for a stimulant is open to dlscussion. Some have
asserted that the name was taken from the National Game, possibly
because of the effect upon the "batting average" of one who "hits"
enough in rapid succession. However the lexicographer digs further.
In slang, a drink is often described as a "shot"; in Pall-Mall English
it's a "spot." High-ball, more or less pure American for what a Brit–
isher calls a Whiskey-and-Soda, say the learned, is combined from
"high," meaning tall, and descriptive of the container, and "ball,"
which used to be the equivalent of "shot," both metallically and ab–
sorbat1vely. Therefore the classical definition, "a 'long' drink con–
sisting of whiskey, to which is added soda-water, mineral water or
some other effervescent, served in a tall glass with broken ice."