If you don't know who Jerry Thomas is, you should. He's largely given credit for the popularization of what we know as the modern cocktail. A bartender at the Planter's Hotel in St. Louis during the mid 1800's, he published a guide which went into wide circulation and is still of influence today. He is also credited for inventing, among other things, the Planter's Punch.
Doing a little morning surf, I ran across this on-line jewel...
In it's entireity, Jerry Thomas' Bartending Guide or How To Mix Drinks from 1862.
Cheers.
Jerry Thomas Bartending Guide from 1862
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Re: Jerry Thomas Bartending Guide from 1862
Great link! I just spent an hour going through the book. Amazing how advanced cocktail culture was in 1862. This cocktail recipe is hilarious:Vladfellow the Impailer wrote:If you don't know who Jerry Thomas is, you should. He's largely given credit for the popularization of what we know as the modern cocktail. A bartender at the Planter's Hotel in St. Louis during the mid 1800's, he published a guide which went into wide circulation and is still of influence today. He is also credited for inventing, among other things, the Planter's Punch.
Doing a little morning surf, I ran across this on-line jewel...
In it's entireity, Jerry Thomas' Bartending Guide or How To Mix Drinks from 1862.
Cheers.
White Plush
(Use small bar-glass.)
Hand a bottle of Bourbon or rye whiskey to the
customer and let him help himself.
Fill up the glass with fresh milk.
“Drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks. They spend a lot of time talking in pubs, unlike workaholics, who never develop their higher spiritual values, who never explore the insides of their head like a drunk does.â€