Jerry Thomas’s Fancy Brandy Cocktail (ca. 1850)

Jerry Thomas’s Fancy Brandy Cocktail (ca. 1850)

This cognac based prohibition era cocktail as first recorded in 1850.

You can vary the ingredients in this fancy brandy cocktail, as many do, you can also use Bols Genever or a aged Demerara of Martinique rum. Serve the fancy brandy cocktail in a small glass.


Jerry Thomas’s Fancy Brandy Cocktail Recipe:
Ingredients: 

2 oz Martell VSOP cognac

1 teaspoon rich simple syrup

½ teaspoon Grand Marnier

2 dashes of Fee’s Whiskey-Barrel bitters


Cocktail Mixing Instructions:

Stir with cracked ice after mixing main ingredients. 

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and add the bitters.
Garnish with a lemon peel, that you rub around the rim of the glass.

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Prohibition Era Cocktails: The "Weeper’s Joy" drink recipe that contains Absinthe.

Prohibition Era Cocktails: Learn about the "Weeper’s Joy" cocktail from 1890, that uses Absinthe, Vermouth, Kummel and Grand Marnier.

This was the drink of the week at the lounge last week, here is the recipe and some history.

This is a nice different, semi-exotic cocktail from the prohibition era. Well it was around for some time before the prohibition era, so it was well know by the roaring 20's.

The Absinthe gives the drink it's main flavor, but being layered with other ingredients, it does not overpower the drink. There is also a nice, but again, not overpowering sweetness to the drink.
The Kummel and the Sweet Vermouth balance the Absinthe out nicely.

This mixed drink is easy to remember it's just 1 of each.

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(1890) Weeper’s Joy Recipe: 
Ingredients: 

1 ounce Absinthe

1 ounce Martini and Rossi red vermouth

1 ounce Kummel

1 barspoon Grand Marnier

Cocktail mixing instructions:

You can just stir with cracked ice in a glass and be done with it.

But we like to shake in a cocktail shaker with ice, until nice and cold.

Next, strain the mix into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon peel.

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Article Summary:
Prohibition Era Cocktails presents the "Weeper’s Joy" cocktail from 1890, that uses Absinthe, Vermouth, Kummel and Grand Marnier. A wonderful classic cocktail from the roaring 20's. Taste a bit of history today!

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