Since my Eggnog post was so well received I decided to go back in time to the golden age of mixed drinks. I remember that my Grandmother would have these wonderfully interesting beverages and would let me take a taste. Of course, at the time I thought they were really dreadful but when she past I inherited long with her cook books all of her Entertaining and Cocktail books.
Many of the drinks below are from what I believe is a 1921 or 1927 entertaining book, it is hard to tell the date, the book has water damage and the first few pages are stuck together and I am afraid to damage the book by trying to pry them apart. The date I can sort of make out from the back side of the page looks like 1921 or 1927. There is no publisher listed on the spine or anywhere else and there is not even a title on the outer cover. I good friend of mine thinks it might be self-published, which was common during this time. I did take the book to a restorer, but the amount of the restoration was a bit out budget for me, so the mystery will just have to be until I have the funds to answer the question.
Here is a small sampling from the book. The drinks I have listed below are from the most well-worn and stained pages, so I believe the most made of the all the drinks in the book. I know my Grandmother loved her sours and whisky/bourbon/rye/scotch type drinks, and the sweet brandy style beverages after dinner, so it makes sense.
Breakfast Eggnog
1 pony of brandy
1 pony of curacao
1 jigger of milk
1 egg
Shake into frothy, strain into a tall tumbler and garnish with nutmeg
Brain Duster
1 pony of brandy
1 pony of Dubonnet
1 pony of Vermouth, French
Shake, pour into a tall glass and top with seltzer
Hook and Eye
1 pony Apricot brandy
1 pony of brandy
1 dash crème de menthe, white
1 dash anisette
Shake, and pour over crushed ice in sherry glass, top with seltzer
Morning star
1 egg
1 jigger cream
1 pony white port
1 tablespoon scotch whisky
shake, strain into a sour glass and top off with seltzer
Morning Glory
1 pony of whisky
1 pony brandy
1 dash absinthe
3 dashes gum syrup
2 dashes bitters
2 dashes curacao
shake, pour into a tall glass top off with seltzer and garnish with a lemon peel
Old Pepper
1 pony of rye
1 pony of bourbon
2 dashes of chili sauce
2 dashes Worcestershire
2 drop tabasco
Shake, pour over crushed ice in rocks glass
Soul Kiss
1 pony French Byrrh or absinthe
1 pony vermouth, French
1 pony whisky
juice of one orange
½ teaspoon simple syrup
Shake, strain into a tall glass and top off with seltzer
Suisse
1 ½ ponies’ absinthe
1 teaspoon anisette
splash of water
Stir, pour over ice
Suisette
1 ½ ponies of brandy
1 pony vermouth, Italian
2 dashes absinthe
1 dash anisette
juice on a small lemon
2 teaspoons simple syrup
Shake and serve over crushed ice in a sherry glass
Breakfast Bracers
1 jigger vermouth, Italian
3 dashes absinthe
shake, strain into a sour glass and top off with seltzer
Bracer de Luxe
1 pony absinthe
1 dash anisette
1 dash vermouth, French
1 dash chartreuse
juice of half a small lemon
1 teaspoon simple syrup
Shake, strain into a sour glass and top off with seltzer
Charleston Bracer
1 jigger brandy
1 jigger port
1 egg
3 dashes simple syrup
shake until frothy and strain into a sours glass
Cacao Bracer
1 pony of Crème de Cacao
juice of ½ small orange
juice of ½ a small lime
juice of ½ a small lemon
Shake, pour into a sour glass and top off with seltzer
Amer Picon Sour
I jigger Amer Picon
3 dashes Grenadine
Juice of ½ a small lime
Juice of ½ a small lemon
2 dashes simple syrup
1 white cherry
1 slice orange
1 slice pineapple
Shake, strain into a sour glass top off with seltzer and garnish with fruit
Brandy Sour
1 jigger brandy
1 dash curacao
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
juice ½ a small lemon
1 slice of orange
berries for garnish
Shake, strain into a sour glass top off with seltzer and garnish with fruit
Brunswick Sour
1 jigger of whisky
juice of ½ a small lemon
1 teaspoon simple syrup
shake, strain into a sour glass, float claret on top, garnish with fruit
Champagne Sour
1 cube of sugar
juice ½ a small lemon
lemon slice
Place cube of sugar in the bottom of a fluted glass, add lemon juice then fill with champagne, stir gently and garnish with a lemon slice
Double Standard Sour
1 pony of whisky
1 pony of gin
2 dashes of grenadine
juice of 1 lime
½ teaspoon simple syrup
Shake, strain into a sour glass top off with seltzer, garnish with fruit
Egg Sour
1 jigger of brandy
1 dash absinthe
1 tablespoon simple syrup
1 egg
juice of 1 lemon
Shake until frothy, pour into a rocks glass and garnish with nutmeg
Jersey Sour
1 jigger applejack
juice of ½ a small lemon
teaspoon simple syrup
slice of lemon
Shake, strain into a sour glass and top off with seltzer garnish with lemon slice
Hancock Sour
1 jigger bourbon whisky
2 dashes of rum
4 dashes of rock candy syrup
juice of a lime
Shake, strain into a sour glass and top off with seltzer and garnish with fruit
Silver Sour
1 dash rum
1 dash brandy
1 dash applejack
1 dash curacao
1 ½ teaspoons simple syrup
juice of a lemon
Shake, strain into a sour glass, garnish with fruit