The Cocktail Book a Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen (1901, p.34)
| 1 dash | Angostura bitters | base |
| Soda water — Used to fill after straining. | dilution | |
| 1 portion | Italian vermouth | modifier |
- Shake the bitters and vermouth with ice and strain into a star champagne glass.
- Fill with soda water and serve.
Ice: Ice
This is a good example of a named cocktail that sits halfway between vermouth aromatic and lengthened soda service at the start of the twentieth century.
The book is explicit that the soda comes after the shake and strain, not during the mix.