A few historic drinks, based on David Wondrich's book Imbibe!

1. GPSCY Classes
28 May 2012
Header image from thebeerjournal.com
Historical
Cocktails

2. from Hindi word “panch”, meaning “5”
(the number of ingredients)

3. There’s a little place
just out of town,
Where, if you go to
lunch,
They’ll make you
forget your mother-in-
law,
With a drink called
Fish-House Punch.
Image here and on next slide from philadelphia-reflections.com

4. “The above is generally sufficient for one person”
⅓ lb demerara sugar
6 oz lemon juice
9 oz brandy
1 oz peach brandy
6 oz rum
32oz water

5. “It buzzes like a fly and stings like a wasp”
-Japanese ambassador to 1890s U.S.A., on having a gin fizz

6. WARNING:
The next drink contains raw
egg. Consuming raw egg can
lead to food-borne illness.
Consume at your own risk.

7. dry shake  shake  shake  shake more  strain
top with seltzer (~2oz)
1 tbsp white sugar
3 drops orange flower water
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz lime juice
1½ oz Old Tom gin
1 egg white
1 oz cream Henry C. Ramos, 1907
Image from myneworelans.com

8. Historically, slings are cold toddies with nutmeg,
while skins are hot toddies with lemon peel.

9. The signature drink of the famed bartender Jerry Thomas
2 oz Scotch whisky
1½ oz boiling water
1 tsp demerara sugar
1 lemon peel

10. Who can name the ingredients of a Mai Tai?
1. Prohibition era cocktails were not what you think
• Classic cocktails are too alcoholic, requiring top-quality
alcohol
• Such quality was only available to the wealthy who
had stockpiled ingredients
2. Bartenders are notorious for substituting ingredients or
proportions in a drink, yet calling it by the same name.

11. Historically, Sarawak pineapple juice added foaminess.
Today, a dash of seltzer is used.
1½ oz Gin
¾oz Cherry Heering
1 tsp Cointreau
1tsp Bénédictine
2tsp Grenadine
3 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters

12. An evolved version of the early whiskey cocktail.
Thought by some (incorrectly) to be the first cocktail.
½ tsp sugar
2 oz rye whiskey
2 dashes Peychaud bitters
muddle; add ice and lemon twist
stir and strain into chilled glass
rinsed with Absinthe

13. An invention of Harry Johnson, who claims
(likely falsely) to have written the first cocktail book
1 oz Chartreuse (Green)
1 oz Vermouth (Italian)
1 oz Gin (Plymouth)
Lemon twist and cherry garnish

14. 1 oz lemon juice
1 oz orange juice
1 tsp white sugar
3 oz rye whiskey
1 dash grenadine
shake and strain; cherry garnish
This drink originated just as grenadine came to be popular.

15. One of the last great cocktails invented before prohibition.
1½ oz dry gin
¾ oz lemon juice
1½ tsp maraschino liqueur
(1 tsp sage simple syrup)
dash crème de violette

16. # Name
1 Philadelphia Fish-House Punch
2 Ramos Gin Fizz
3 Blue Blazer / Whiskey Skin
4 Singapore Sling
5 Sazerac
6 Bijou
7 Ward 8
8 (Sage) Aviation