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

(Use small bar-glass.)

  • Take 1 small tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar.
  • Take 1 wine-glass of water.
  • Take 1 wine-glass of Bourbon or rye whiskey.

Dissolve the sugar in the water, add the whiskey and ice, stir thoroughly with a spoon. Grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.