Inimitable Cocktail
Source:
Modern American Drinks
page:
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1
lump
sugar
with a little water
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
lump
ice
Ingredient: ice
What it is: AdditiveThe new general availability of ice in the mid 1800s revolutionized bar-tending and drinking. Ice was delivered in blocks that then had to to be broken, crushed, picked and shaved for increasingly popular individual drinks (as opposed to large punches).
1
dash
lemon
juice
2
dash
Peychaud bitters
1
jigger
Old Tom Gin
Substitution:
gin (London Dry)
Ingredient: Old Tom Gin
What it is: GinA lightly sweetened Gin popular in 18th-century England that now is rarely available.
Dissolve a small lump of sugar with a little water in a whiskey-glass, add one lump of ice, one dash lemon-juice, two dashes Peyschaud bitters, one jigger Tom gin. Mix with small bar- spoon. Serve.
