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

(Use large bar-glass.)

  • Take 1 large tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar.
  • Take 1 fresh egg.
  • Take ½ wine-glass of brandy.
  • Take ½ wine-glass of Santa Cruz rum.
  • Take A little shaved ice.

Fill the glass with rich milk and shake up the ingredients until they are thoroughly mixed. Pour the mixture into a goblet excluding the ice, and grate a little nutmeg ontop. This may be made by using a wine-glass of either of the above liquors, instead of both combined.

Every well ordered bar should have a tin egg-nogg “shaker,” which is a great aid in mixing this beverage.