1929 The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas

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Cocktails

HE cocktail is a modern invention,and is generally used on fishing and other sporting parties, although some patients insist that it is good in the morning as a tonic. {Editor's note — The cocktail shaker had not been invented when Professor Thomas wrote, hence he advises the employment of small and large bar glasses. The modern student who may attempt to duplicate the Professor's experiments will perhaps prefer to use the shaker.')

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BOTTLE COCKTAIL

To make a splendid bottle of brandy cocktail, use the fol lowing ingredients: Two-thirds brandy. One wineglass of gum syrup. One-third water. One-half pony glass of cura- One pony glass of bitters} gao. The author has always used this recipe in compounding the above beverage for connoisseurs. Whiskey and gin cocktails, in bottles, may be made by using the above recipe, and sub stituting those liquors instead of brandy. 1 Professor Thomas modestly recommends such famous bitters as Boker's, Bogart's, Stoughton's and Angostura, although many sound drinkers of the period regarded his own preparation, Jerry Thomas's Own Bitters, as a very superior product. 48