Description
For Doctor, Lawyer or Indian Chief) Rich Man, Poor Man or Wicked Thief
Metropole Cocktail
Two parts brandy to one part French Vermouth in a glass. Add two dashes each of ordinary bitters, orange bitters, and gum; fill with cracked ice, mix and pour into cocktail glass.
Forty-Second Country Club
In a shaker put two-thirds Rye whiskey and one-third Italian Vermouth; add a dash of Absinthe. Fill with ice, shake well and serve in cocktail glass.
Manhattan Cocktail
To one part Rye whiskey add an equal amount of Italian Vermouth (French if dry is preferred), add two dashes bitters, two dashes gum, crushed ice, shake well and serve with a Maraschino cherry.
Old Fashioned Brandy Cocktail
In a large whiskey glass place a lump of sugar. Pour enough hot water to cover the sugar. Add a lump of ice and two dashes of bitters. Over this pour one portion of brandy. Twist a small piece of lemon peel and place in glass. Stir with small spoon, and serve with spoon in glass.
Rob Roy Cocktail
To two parts Scotch whiskey add one part Vermouth and several dashes of orange bitters. Ice, shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Rum Cocktail
In a shaker pour two parts rum and one part Vermouth. Add two or three dashes of Angostura bitters, mix well, and serve in cocktail glass.
Whiskey Cocktail
In a shaker, add to each drink of Rye whiskey, two dashes of gum syrup and two dashes of Angostura bitters; fill with ice, shake a few times and strain into a whiskey glass. Add a twist of lemon or lime peel before serving.
Florida Special
Place a cube of ice in a six ounce glass, fill with one pony Bacardi rum, juice of a grapefruit, twist of lime peel, and stir with a highball mixer.
Brandy-Vermouth Cocktail
One part brandy to one part Italian Vermouth, half a spoonful of powdered sugar, a dash of bitters; stir thoroughly until sugar is dissolved. Fill up with cracked ice using Delmonico glass; then fill with seltzer. (If dry cocktail is desired, use French Vermouth and no sugar.)
Vermouth Sec Cocktail
Place in a container one portion of French Vermouth, add two dashes of bitters, fill with ice, mix and strain in a cocktail glass.
Brandy and Ginger Ale
Into a large glass pour a wine-glass of brandy, two or three lumps of ice and fill up with ginger ale; drink while still effervescent.
Cold Irish
Pour into a large glass two wine-glasses of water in which a teaspoonful of fine white sugar has been dissolved, add a wine-glass of Irish whiskey and a large lump of ice; stir with a spoon, and serve very cold.
Split Soda and Brandy
In a medium glass pour a ponyful of brandy and a small lump of ice, squirt full with seltzer water and drink while effervescent.
