Cocktail Recipes

Gin Old Fashioned

Classic | Cocktail | from Anders Erickson

The first known definition of the word "cock-tail" was published 13th May 1806 in The Balance and Columbian Repository, an upstate New York newspaper, in response to a reader enquiring what was meant by the word in an article.

Cock-tail, then, is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters--it is vulgarly called a bittered sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, in as much as it renders the heart flout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said also, to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because, a person having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else.

Editor, The Balance and Columbian Repository, 13 May 1806

Ingredients

Amount	Ingredient	Brand
2 oz / 50 ml 3 oz / 75 ml 4 oz / 100 ml 6 oz / 150 ml	Old Tom Gin	Scofflaw
1⁄4 oz / 6 ml 1⁄2 oz / 9 ml 1⁄2 oz / 13 ml 3⁄4 oz / 19 ml	Semi-Rich Simple Syrup
3 dashes 4 1⁄2 dashes 6 dashes 9 dashes	Orange Bitters	Regan’s No. 6
1 swathes 1 1⁄2 swathes 2 swathes 3 swathes	Lemon

Notes

• Method: Stirred
• Pour: Julep Strain
• Glassware:
  • Low Ball
  • Large Ice Cube
• Garnish: Cocktail cherry
• Special Prep: Express lemon oil over the cocktail