The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
3879563The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks — Cocktail Drinks1887Jerry Thomas

Brandy Smash.

(Use small bar-glass.)

  • Take 1 tea-spoonful of white sugar.
  • Take 2 table-spoonfuls of waiter.
  • Take 3 or 4 sprigs of tender mint.
  • Take 1 wine-glass full of brandy.

Press the mint in the sugar and water to extract the flavor, add the brandy, and fill the glass two-thirds full of shaved ice. Stir thoroughly, and ornament with a half a slice of orange, and a few fresh sprigs of mint. Serve with a straw.