The Bar-tender's Guide/Prepared Cocktails for Bottling

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


Brandy Cocktail for Bottling.

  • Take 5 gallons of strong brandy.
  • Take 2 gallons of water.
  • Take 1 quart of Stoughton’s Bitters.
  • Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
  • Take 1 bottle of Curaçoa.

Mix thoroughly, and filter through Canton flannel.

Brandy Cocktail for Bottling.

  • Take 5 gallons of spirits (70 per cent.).
  • Take 2 gallons of water.
  • Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
  • Take ¼ pint of essence of Cognac.
  • Take 1 ounce of tincture of cloves.
  • Take 1 ounce of tincture of gentian.
  • Take 2 ounces of tincture of orange peel.
  • Take ¼ounce of tincture of cardamoms.
  • Take ½ ounce of tincture of liquorice root.

Mix the essence and tinctures with a portion of the spirits; add the remainder of the ingredients, and color with a sufficient quantity of Solferino and caramel (in equal parts) to give the desired color.

Gin Cocktail for Bottling.

  • Take 5 gallons of gin.
  • Take 2 gallons of water.
  • Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
  • Take 2 ounces of tincture of orange peel.
  • Take 7 ounces of tincture of gentian.
  • Take ½ ounce of tincture of cardamoms.
  • Take ½ ounce of tincture of lemon peel.

Mix them together, and give the desired color with Solferino and caramel, in equal proportions.

Bourbon Cocktail for Bottling.

Take 5 gallons of Bourbon.
  • Take 2 gallons of water.
  • Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
  • Take 2 ounces of tincture of orange peel.
  • Take 1 ounce of tincture of lemon peel.
  • Take 1 ounce of tincture of gentian.
  • Take 1½ ounce of tincture of cardamoms.

Mix these ingredients thoroughly, and color with Solferino and caramel, in equal proportions.