New and Improved Bartenders' Manual by Harry Johnson (1900, p.241) — Cold
| 1 tsp | sugar — sugar | base |
| 1 wine-glass | Whiskey — whiskey | base |
| 0.25 wine-glass | water — water | dilution |
| 1 whole | ice — broken ice | other |
| nutmeg — nutmeg | other |
- Dissolve the sugar with the water in a small bar glass.
- Add the broken ice and whiskey.
- Mix well.
- Grate nutmeg on top and serve.
Garnish: Nutmeg
Ice: Broken ice
- Nose
- Whiskey and nutmeg give the drink a gentle old-fashioned warmth despite its chilled format.
- Palate
- This is a plain seasoned whiskey serve, close to toddy and pre-cocktail logic rather than to the more composed cocktail branch.
- Finish
- The finish is short, sweetened, and spice-lifted.
- Summary
- A cold whiskey sling preserving the old-fashioned seasoned-spirit branch under the shadow of newer cocktails.
Johnson explicitly notes that this is an old-fashioned drink called for by old gentlemen, which is exactly the kind of social-historical comment we want to retain.
This is not 'old-fashioned cocktail' logic. It belongs to the sling family, and the ontology should preserve that distinction even when the emotional register overlaps.