The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
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Brandy Sour.

(Use small bar-glass.)

  • Take 1 large tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar, dissolved in a little Apollinaris or Seltzer water.
  • Take The juice of half a lemon.
  • Take 1 dash of Curaçoa.
  • Take 1 wine-glass of brandy.

Fill the glass with shaved ice, shake, and strain into a claret glass. Ornament with orange and berries.