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Hot drink · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 3/5

Cholera Cocktail

The Cholera Cocktail is a no-ice restorative blend of Jamaica ginger, brandy, port, cherry brandy, and blackberry brandy.

sweet · spice · dark_fruit · restorative

Served in Bar glass.

Variants (2)

The Cocktail Book a Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen (1901, p.25)

0.5 ponybrandy base
0.5 teaspoonfulJamaica ginger base
1.5 poniesBlackberry brandy modifier
1.5 poniescherry brandy modifier
nutmeg — Grated in.other
0.5 ponyport wine other
  1. Build the ingredients in a bar glass.
  2. Grate nutmeg into the drink, stir with a spoon, and serve with no ice.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg.

This is a vivid reminder that named 'cocktails' in private-use books could still include heavily restorative, almost medicinal cordial blends.

The instruction to use no ice is central; the drink is not meant as a chilled aromatic.

Cheerio! A Book of Punches and Cocktails by Charles (1928, p.21)

0.33 drinkbrandy base
0.5 teaspoonfulJamaica ginger base
0.17 drinkBlackberry brandy — Blackberry brandymodifier
0.17 drinkcherry brandy — Cherry brandymodifier
nutmeg — Grate on top.other
0.33 drinkport wine — Port wineother
  1. Pour the Jamaica ginger, brandy, Port wine, cherry brandy, and blackberry brandy into a bar glass.
  2. Grate nutmeg on top, stir with a spoon, use no ice, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

See also: Jamaica Glow, Brandy Port Nog

Source says to use no ice.