Derby Cobbler — The Cocktail Ontologist

Variants (4)

156 Recettes de Boissons Americaines by Niels Larsen (1899, p.10) — Larsen 1899, cobblers section

0.5 tablespoon	powdered sugar — sucre en poudre	base
2 slice	pineapple — tranches d'ananas	garnish
4 whole	strawberries — fraises	garnish
1.5 glass	Amontillado sherry — xeres Amontillado	modifier
0.5 liqueur glass	red port — porto rouge	modifier
1 liqueur glass	pineapple syrup — sirop d'ananas	sweetener

Shake sugar, pineapple syrup, Amontillado, and crushed ice, return to the glass, garnish with pineapple and strawberries, float red port, and serve with large straws.

Garnish: Pineapple slices, strawberries, and red port float

Ice: Crushed ice

Manual del Cantinero by Carlos Golfrin (1909, p.212)

1 tablespoon	powdered sugar — azucar molido	base
2 slice	pineapple — rajas de ananas	garnish
4 whole	strawberry — fresas	garnish
1.5 wineglass	Amontillado sherry — jerez amontillado	modifier
1 pony	red port — Oporto tinto	modifier
1 pony	pineapple syrup — jarabe de ananas	sweetener

Half-fill a suitable vessel with small pieces of ice and add the sugar, pineapple syrup, and amontillado.
Shake well and strain or pour into the serving glass over the pineapple slices and strawberries.
Float the red port on top without mixing.

Garnish: Pineapple and strawberries

Ice: Crushed ice

El Bar Americano en España by Pedro Chicote (1927, p.84)

	ice — hielo picado	base
	fresas — 10 ó 12 fresas	garnish
0.5 banana	plátano — 1/2 plátano partido a rodajitas	garnish
	Oporto — Used to fill the drink.	modifier
1 copita	solera	other
1 coffee spoon	azúcar en polvo	sweetener
1 coffee spoon	jarabe de plátano — Source omits the repeated unit and uses dash shorthand.	sweetener

Build in a water goblet over crushed ice with sugar, banana syrup, and solera.
Add sliced banana and strawberries, fill with port, and serve in the same glass with straws.

Garnish: Seasonal fruit and straws

Ice: Crushed ice

Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.239) — Banana and strawberry garnish

1 coffee spoon	powdered sugar — Azucar en polvo	base
0.5 banana	banana — Platano	garnish
11	strawberries — Fresas	garnish
1 small spoon	Solera sherry — Solera	modifier
	port wine — Oporto	other
1 coffee spoon	Banana syrup — Jarabe de platano	sweetener

Build in a water glass over cracked ice, add banana and strawberries, top with port, and serve in the same glass.

Garnish: Sliced banana and strawberries

Ice: Cracked ice

This matters because it preserves a heavily fruited port cobbler branch in Chicote's interwar service world.

See also: Gascon Cobbler, Sherry Cobbler