Some describe the Adonis as "The sweet version of the Bamboo" but that hardly does this brilliant vintage aperitivo/digestivo, that's off-dry and aromatic...
Following a lead from Wondrich in The Oxford Companion I managed to track down the "Disturbing Sunday Drinks" column in the New Haven Register on July 27th, 1885! "Joe McKone, who invented the Adonis cocktail..." - the head bartender at the Hoffman House at the time!