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The Ideal Bartender

Chapter 139: GIN DAISY
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A practical bartender's manual compiling hundreds of mixed-drink recipes and service procedures, arranged for quick reference. Recipes give precise ingredient measures, mixing or shaking instructions, glassware, ice and garnish suggestions, and variant preparations such as multiple absinthe services, pousse-cafés, punches, cobblers, and highballs. Introductory material and brief anecdotes frame the craft, while techniques for layering, flaming, straining, and cooling are emphasized. Readers will find syrups, bitters, liqueur uses, and advice on presentation and proportion, intended to help both professional and amateur preparers reproduce consistent drinks.



FISH CLUB PUNCH (for a party of 8)

Into a Punch bowl pour:

2½ jiggers Lemon Juice.

4 jiggers Peach Brandy.

2 jiggers Cognac Brandy.

2 jiggers Jamaica Rum.

3 pints Ice Water.

Stir well; ladle into Punch glass and serve.



FOG HORN—Country Club Style

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

½ Lime Juice.

½ Lemon Juice.

1 teaspoonful Bar Sugar.

1 jigger Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

Stir well; strain into tall, thin glass and fill with imported Ginger Ale.



FREE LOVE COCKTAIL—-Club Style

Lump Ice.

Use Shaker.

½ of the white of 1 Egg.

3 dashes Anisette.

1 jigger Old Tom Gin.

1 pony fresh Cream.

Shake well, serve in Cocktail glass.



FRENCH POUSSE CAFE

Fill a Pousse Cafe glass ½ full of Maraschino and add: Raspberry Syrup, Vanilla, Curacoa, Chartreuse and Brandy in equal proportions until the glass is filled. Then proceed as for Abricontine Pousse Cafe.



GARDEN PUNCH (2½ gallon mixture for a party of 50)

Place a good size block of Ice in a large Punch bowl.

4 jiggers Lemon Juice.

1½ lbs. Bar Sugar.

2 jiggers Orange Juice.

1½ jiggers green Chartreuse.

1 quart Brandy.

6 Quarts Tokay or Sweet Catawba Wine.

2 quarts Claret Wine.

Stir well; ladle into Stem glasses, and decorate each glass with Fruit before serving.



G.O.P.

Use a large Mixing glass with Lump of Ice.

2 jiggers of Orange Juice.

2 jiggers of Grape Fruit Juice.

Fill with Seltzer Water.

Stir; ornament with Fruit and serve with Straws.



GIBSON COCKTAIL

Use a large Mixing glass with Lump Ice.

1 jigger Gordon Gin.

1 pony French Vermouth.

Stir; strain and serve in Cocktail glass.



GILLETTE COCKTAIL—Chicago Style

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

Juice ½ Lime.

1½ jiggers Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

½ teaspoonful Bar Sugar.

Stir well and strain into Cocktail glass.



GIN AND CALAMUS

Put ½ oz. of Calamus Root, which has been steeped, into a quart bottle of Gin.

Serve as you would a Straight Drink.



GIN DAISY

Juice of ½ of a Lime.

1 pony Cusenier Grenadine.

1 jigger Sir Robert Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

Serve in a Mug with Lump Ice; fill with Seltzer.

Stir well and decorate with the skin of the Lime and fresh Mint and serve with Straws.



GIN SOUR—Country Club Style

Use a large Mixing glass.

Fill with Lump Ice.

½ Lime Juice.

½ Orange Juice.

2 dashes Pineapple Juice.

½ pony Rock Candy Syrup.

1 jigger Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

Shake well; strain into Cocktail glass and serve.



GIN SQUASH—Country Club Style

Use a large glass Stein; fill with Lump Ice.

1 pony Lemon Juice.

1 jigger Orange Juice.

1 pony Pineapple Juice.

1 pony Rock Candy Syrup.

1 jigger Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

Fill with Seltzer: stir well and serve.



GOLFER'S DELIGHT—Home of Bevo—18th Hole.

Use a large glass Pitcher; fill with Lump Ice.

2 bottles Bevo.

2 bottles Sweet Soda.

Stir well and serve in a Beer glass.

Fifty-fifty.



HORSE THIEF COCKTAIL

Fill a large Mixing glass with Lump Ice.

2 dashes green Absinthe.

½ pony Italian Vermouth.

1 jigger Sir Robert Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

Stir well and serve in a Cocktail glass.



IRISH ROSE—Country Club Style

Use a tall, thin glass; fill with Cracked Ice.

1 pony imported Grenadine.

1 jigger Old Bushmill Whiskey.

Fill with Seltzer.

Stir well and serve.



JERSEY LIGHTNING COCKTAIL

Use large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

1 jigger Apple Jack Brandy.

1 pony Italian Vermouth.

Stir well; strain and serve in Cocktail glass.



KNABENSCHUE—Country Club Style

Use a small stone Mug; Lump Ice.

1 lump Sugar.

2 dashes Angostura Bitters.

Fill with Champagne.

Stir well; dress with fresh Mint and serve.



L.P.W.

Use a large Mixing glass.

Fill with Lump See.

1 jigger of Sir Robert Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

½ pony of Italian Vermouth.

½ pony of French Vermouth.

Stir well and strain into a Cocktail glass.

Add a Pickeled Onion and serve.



LADIES' DELIGHT—Thursday Luncheon Punch

1 quart of Orange Pekoe Tea (cold).

1 quart of Old Country Club Brandy.

1 pint of Lemon Juice.

1 pint of Orange Juice.

½ pint of Pineapple Juice.

2 quarts Berncastler Berg.

1 pint of Bar Sugar.

Use a large Punch bowl with one Lump of Ice.

Pour in mixture; add one quart of Cook's Imperial Champagne.

Stir well; decorate with fresh Mint, Fruit in season, and serve.



LEAPING FROG

1 jigger Hungarian Apricot Brandy.

Juice of ½ Lime.

Fill glass with Lump Ice.

Shake well and strain into Stem glass.



LEMONADE APOLLINARIS (or Carbonated Water)

Fill large Mixing glass ⅔ full fine Ice.

1 tablespoonful Bar Sugar.

Juice of 1 Lemon.

Fill up with Apollinaris or suitable Carbonated Water. Stir; strain into Lemonade glass; dress with Fruit and serve.



LONE TREE COCKTAIL

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

1 jigger Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

⅓ Italian Vermouth.

⅓ French Vermouth.

Shake well; serve in Cocktail glass.



MINT JULEP—Kentucky Style

Use a large Silver Mug.

Dissolve one lump of Sugar in one-half pony of Water.

Fill mug with Fine Ice.

Two jiggers of Old Bourbon Whiskey.

Stir well; add one boquet of Mint and serve.

Be careful and not bruise the Mint.



OVERALL JULEP—St. Louis Style

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

⅔ Wineglass Rye Whiskey.

⅔ Wineglass Gordon Gin.

½ Wineglass Imported Grenadine.

Juice ½ Lemon.

Juice ½ Lime.

Shake well; pour into tall, thin glass; add one bottle Imported Club Soda and serve.



ONION COCKTAIL

1 jigger of Burnette's Tom Gin.

½ of Italian Vermouth and no Bitters used.

Large Bar glass with Cracked Ice and stir well.

Strain and serve with an Onion.



OLD FASHION COCKTAIL

Use a Toddy glass.

1 lump of Ice.

2 dashes of Angostura Bitters.

1 lump of Sugar and dissolve in Water.

1½ jiggers of Bourbon Whiskey.

Twist piece of Lemon Skin over the drink and drop it in. Stir well and serve.



OJEN COCKTAIL

Use an old-fashion Toddy glass.

1 lump Ice.

Juice of ½ of a Lime.

1 dash Angostura Bitters.

2 dashes of Seltzer Water.

Stir well and serve.



PEQUOT SEMER

Use a tall, thin Bar glass.

Juice of a Lime.

Three sprigs of fresh Mint.

1 dash Cusenier Grenadine.

½ pony Pineapple Juice.

½ pony Orange Juice.

1 jigger of Sir Robert Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

Crush ingredients together; fill with Lump Ice; add Seltzer. Stir well and serve.



PINEAPPLE JULEP (for a party of 6—Use a small punch bowl)

1 quart of Sparkling Moselle.

1 jigger Cusenier Grenadine.

1 jigger Maraschino.

1 jigger Sir Robert Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

1 jigger Lemon Juice.

1 jigger Orange Bitters.

1 jigger Angostura Bitters.

4 Oranges, sliced.

2 Lemons, sliced.

1 ripe Pineapple, sliced and quartered.

4 tablespoonfuls Sugar.

1 bottle Apollinaris Water.

Place large square of Ice in bowl; dress with the Fruits and serve Julep in fancy Stem glass.



POLO PLAYERS' DELIGHT—Horse's Neck

Use a tall, thin glass.

1 lump Ice.

1 jigger Sir Robert Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

1 Cantrell & Cochran's Ginger Ale.

Stir well and serve.



POUSSE CAFE—St. Louis

Pour in Pousse Cafe glass as follows:

⅙ glass Raspberry Syrup.

⅙ glass Maraschino.

⅙ glass Green Vanilla.

⅙ glass Curacao.

⅙ glass Yellow Chartreuse.

⅙ glass Brandy.

In preparing the above use a small Wineglass with spoon for pouring in each Cordial separately.

Be careful they do not mix together.



PUNCH A LA ROMAINE (for a party of 16)

1 bottle Champagne.

1 bottle Rum.

2 tablespoons Dr. Siegert's genuine Angostura Bitters.

10 Lemons.

3 sweet Oranges.

2 pounds Powdered Sugar.

10 fresh Eggs.

Dissolve the Sugar in the Juice of the Lemons and Oranges adding the Rind of 1 Orange.

Strain through a Sieve into a bowl and add by degrees the whites of the Eggs beaten to a froth.

Place the bowl on Ice till cold, then stir in the Rum and Wine until thoroughly mixed. Serve in fancy Stem glasses.



RAMOS GIN FIZZ—Country Club Style

1 lump Ice.

1 dash Lemon Juice.

1 dash Orange Water.

White of Egg.

1 jigger Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

1 teaspoonful Powdered Sugar.

1 pony Milk.

1 dash Seltzer Water.

Shake well; strain into Highball glass and serve.



REMSEN COOLER

Use a medium size Fizz glass.

Peel a Lemon as you would an Apple.

Place the Rind or Peeling into the Fizz glass.

2 or 3 lumps of Crystal Ice.

1 Wineglass of Remsen Scotch Whiskey.

Fill up the balance with Club Soda; stir up slowly with a spoon and serve.

In this country it is often the ease that people call a Remsen Cooler where they want Old Tom Gin or Sloe Gin instead of Scotch Whiskey. It is therefore the bartender's duty to mix as desired.



SEPTEMBER MORN COCKTAIL—Country Club Style

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

½ Lime Juice.

1 jigger Burnette's Old Tom Gin.

2 dashes Imported Grenadine.

Shake well; strain into Cocktail glass and serve.



SHANDY GAFF

Use a large Bar glass.

Fill half the glass with Porter and half with Ginger Ale. It is also made with half Ale and half Ginger Ale.



SHERRY AND BITTERS

Put 2 dashes Dr. Siegert's genuine Angostura Bitters in a Sherry glass and roil the glass 'till the Bitters entirely cover the inside surface.

Fill the glass with Sherry and serve.



STINGER—Country Club Style

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

1 jigger Old Brandy.

1 pony white Creme de Menthe.

Shake well; strain into Cocktail glass and serve.



STONE SOUR

Use a tall, thin glass; fill with fine Ice.

½ pony Lemon Juice.

½ pony Orange Juice.

2 dashes Rock Candy Syrup.

1 jigger Old Tom Gin.

Leave in Ice; stir well and serve.



SAMTON COCKTAIL

Use a large Mixing glass with Cracked Ice.

1 jigger Orange Juice.

1 jigger imported Ginger Ale.

Fifty-fifty.

Shake well; strain into Cocktail glass and serve.



TOM TOM

Use a large Brandy Roller glass.

Fill Roller half full of Fine Ice.

Add 1 pony of Old Brandy.

1 jigger of green Creme de Menthe and serve.



TOM AND JERRY

Make a batter by separating the yolks from whites of a given number of Eggs; beating the whites to a stiff froth and stirring the yolks until very thin. Then mix together in a Tom and Jerry bowl, stirring in Bar Sugar slowly until the batter is stiff and serve as follows:

Fill Tom and Jerry Mug ¼ full of Batter.

½ jigger Rum.

½ jigger Brandy.

Stir well with Bar spoon; fill up with Hot Water; stir more; grate Nutmeg on top and serve.



TOKAY PUNCH

Out of 6 pounds of Tokay Grapes, select one pound to be put into the Punch last. Now make a boiling Syrup of three pounds of Sugar and one quart of boiling Water and pour this over the remaining five pounds of Grapes. When partly cold rub it through a sieve, leaving skins and seeds behind. Then add the Juice of two Oranges and two Lemons and one quart of St. Julien Claret, 1 jigger of Angostura Bitters.

Then strain and freeze.

Before serving add 1 pint of good Brandy and an Italian Meringue Paste of six Egg whites, colored a nice red and drop in the remaining Grapes.



TWILIGHT COCKTAIL

Use a large Mixing glass with Lump Ice.

1 jigger Bourbon.

½ pony Italian Vermouth.

Juice of whole Lime.

Shake well; strain into a Champagne glass; fill with Seltzer and serve.



WHISKEY PUNCH—St. Louis Style

Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice.

One jigger Bourbon Whiskey.

½ pony Italian Vermouth.

½ pony Pineapple Syrup.

½ pony Lemon Juice.

Shake well; strain into Stem glass and serve.



WHISKEY SCOTCH HOT

1 lump Sugar dissolved in Hot Whiskey glass.

1 jigger Scotch Whiskey.

Fill up with Hot Water.

1 slice Lemon Peel.

Stir and serve with Nutmeg sprinkled on top.



WHISKEY IRISH HOT

Substitute Irish for Scotch Whiskey and proceed as for Hot Scotch Whiskey.


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