Improved Whiskey Cocktail

Σερβίρεται σε:

Γαρνιτούρα:

Lemon zest twist

Πώς φτιάχνεται:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (preferably over a chunk of block ice).

Αξιολόγηση:

An Old-Fashioned "improved" by the addition of maraschino liqueur.

Παραλλαγές:

Improved Brandy Cocktail
Improved Holland Cocktail
Irish Cocktail

Ιστορία:

The Whiskey Cocktail, along with this Improved version appeared in Jerry Thomas's 1876 The Bar-tender's Guide. The book also includes "Improved" versions of the Brandy Cocktail, and Gin Cocktail which are all what we today call Old Fashioned cocktails . In the words of Jerry Thomas, they have been "improved by moistening the edge of the cocktail glass with a piece of lemon." Such "improved" American cocktails, from the period, are also distinguished by using European ingredients, particularly maraschino liqueur and/or absinthe.

109. Whiskey Cocktail.
(Use small bar glass.)
3 or 4 dashes of gum syrup.
2 do. Bitters (Bogart's).
1 wine-glass of whiskey, and a piece of lemon peel.
Fill one-third full of fine ice; shake and strain in a fancy red wine-glass.

241. Improved Brandy Cocktail.
(Use ordinary bar glass.)
2 dashes Boker's (or Angostura) Bitters
3 do. gum syrup.
2 do. Maraschino.
1 dash Absinthe.
1 small piece of the yellow rind of a lemon, twisted to express the oil.
1 small wineglass of brandy.
Fill glass one-third full of shaved ice, shake well, and strain into a fancy cocktail glass.
The favor is improved by moistening the edge of the cocktail glass with a piece of lemon.

242. Improved Whiskey Cocktail.
Prepared in the same manner as the Improved Brandy Cocktail, by substituting whiskey for the brandy.

Jerry Thomas, The Bar-tender's Guide, 1876

Nutrition:

165 θερμίδες

Alcohol content:

• 1.7 standard drinks
• 34.85% alc./vol. (69.7° proof)
• 23.6 grams of pure alcohol