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Flip Cocktail (generic recipe)

Made with a full-bodied and flavoursome base spirit or fortified wine, this is a tasty cocktail. Those perhaps put off by a whole raw egg per drink should...
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Chris Lamb’s Avatar Chris Lamb
25th July 2023 at 08:03
This is the drink Pip has before he leaves for London in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations:

"On this last evening, I dressed myself out in my new clothes for their delight, and sat in my splendour until bedtime. We had a hot supper on the occasion, graced by the inevitable roast fowl, and we had some flip to finish with. We were all very low, and none the higher for pretending to be in spirits."
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
25th July 2023 at 15:06
Many thanks, Chris. I've added a reference to the history above.
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