The Bar-tender's Guide/Whiskey Sling

by Jerry Thomas

Whiskey Sling.

(Use small bar-glass.)

• Take 1 small tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar.
• Take 1 wine-glass of water.
• Take 1 wine-glass of Bourbon or rye whiskey.

Dissolve the sugar in the water, add the whiskey and ice, stir thoroughly with a spoon. Grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.