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

(Use medium bar-glass, hot.)

  • Take 1 small tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar.
  • Take 1 wine-glass of Holland gin.

Dissolve the sugar in a little boiling water, add the gin, fill the glass two-thirds full of boiling water. Grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.