Hock Cobbler
Source:
The Bartender's Guide: How To Mix Drinks
page:
48
1
tea-spoon
sugar
Ingredient: sugar
What it is: AdditiveMany 19th century recipes specifically called for white sugar, which is more refined and preferred over browner sugars. But modern white sugar is probably too refined, making raw cane sugar the best, easily available choice.
1
table-spoon
water
Ingredient: water
What it is: AdditiveUbiquitous chemical substance that is composed of hydrogen and oxygen and is essential for all forms of life -- also a component of all drinks.
2
wine-glass
Hock
(Use large bar glass.)
Ingredient: Hock
Also Known As: Hochheim, Hockheimer What it is: WineGerman wine, sometimes wine from the Rhine regions and sometimes all German wine. It is short for the now obsolete word hockamore, a corruption of the name of the German town of Hochheim. The term seems to have been in use in the 17th century, initially for wines from middle Rhine, but in the 18th century became used as a term for any German wine sold in Britain. It seems probable that Queen Victoria's visit to Hochheim and its vineyards during harvest time in 1850 has contributed to the continued use of the term hock.
This drink is made the same way as the Catawba cobbler, using Hock wine instead of Catawba.
