The Bar-tender's Guide/Prepared Cocktails for Bottling
Prepared Cocktails for Bottling.
Brandy Cocktail for Bottling.
- Take 5 gallons of strong brandy.
- Take 2 gallons of water.
- Take 1 quart of Stoughton’s Bitters.
- Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
- Take 1 bottle of Curaçoa.
Mix thoroughly, and filter through Canton flannel.
Brandy Cocktail for Bottling.
- Take 5 gallons of spirits (70 per cent.).
- Take 2 gallons of water.
- Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
- Take ¼ pint of essence of Cognac.
- Take 1 ounce of tincture of cloves.
- Take 1 ounce of tincture of gentian.
- Take 2 ounces of tincture of orange peel.
- Take ¼ounce of tincture of cardamoms.
- Take ½ ounce of tincture of liquorice root.
Mix the essence and tinctures with a portion of the spirits; add the remainder of the ingredients, and color with a sufficient quantity of Solferino and caramel (in equal parts) to give the desired color.
Gin Cocktail for Bottling.
- Take 5 gallons of gin.
- Take 2 gallons of water.
- Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
- Take 2 ounces of tincture of orange peel.
- Take 7 ounces of tincture of gentian.
- Take ½ ounce of tincture of cardamoms.
- Take ½ ounce of tincture of lemon peel.
Mix them together, and give the desired color with Solferino and caramel, in equal proportions.
Bourbon Cocktail for Bottling.
Take 5 gallons of Bourbon.
- Take 2 gallons of water.
- Take 1 quart of gum syrup.
- Take 2 ounces of tincture of orange peel.
- Take 1 ounce of tincture of lemon peel.
- Take 1 ounce of tincture of gentian.
- Take 1½ ounce of tincture of cardamoms.
Mix these ingredients thoroughly, and color with Solferino and caramel, in equal proportions.