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Sherry Wine Sangaree

Sheridan's Sherry Wine Sangaree is a nutmeg-finished shaken sherry sangaree.

sweet · dry · spice · nutty · refreshing

Served in Whisky glass. Ice: Shaved ice.

Variants (8)

The Complete Buffet Manual or How to Mix Fancy Drinks by J. E. Sheridan (1901, p.64)

1 teaspoonfulsugar — powdered sugarbase
1 wine glasssherry modifier
0.5 glassice — shaved iceother
  1. Shake well in a whisky glass over shaved ice.
  2. Grate a little nutmeg on top and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg.

Ice: Shaved ice

This is a useful later sherry sangaree checkpoint inside the main service repertoire.

The nutmeg finish continues the sangaree family marker even in this leaner sherry form.

Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.60)

2 spoonfulssugar base
1 wine glasssherry — sherry winemodifier
1 lumpice — Source says one or two lumps.other
nutmeg — Add a little nutmeg.other
  1. Add the sugar, ice, and sherry wine to a sour glass.
  2. Stir well, add a little nutmeg, and serve.

Garnish: Nutmeg.

Ice: 1 or 2 lumps

This is a useful direct fortified-wine sangaree checkpoint from a source that also preserves the parallel punch branch.

Its simplicity is part of the family identity rather than a lack of detail.

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.197)

1 teaspoonfulsugar — Dissolved in water.base
water — Use to dissolve the sugar.dilution
1 wine-glassSherry wine — sherrymodifier
1.5 lumpsice — Source says one or two lumps.other
nutmeg — Grate on top.other
  1. Shake the dissolved sugar, ice, and sherry well.
  2. Remove the ice, grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Lump ice

The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.50)

0.5 large bar glassice base
1 large glasssherry — Substituted for port.modifier
nutmeg — Grate on top.other
1 teaspoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Prepare the drink in the same manner as Port Wine Sangaree, substituting sherry for port wine.
  2. Strain into a fancy stem glass, grate nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Ice

This entry is explicitly substitution-based in the source.

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.61)

2 lumpice — Icebase
1.5 wine-glasssherry — Sherrymodifier
nutmeg — Nutmegother
1 teaspoonsugar — Sugarsweetener
  1. Shake the ice, sugar, and sherry well, remove the ice, grate nutmeg on top, and serve.

Ice: Ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.42)

1 teaspoonsugar — Sugarbase
1 wineglasssherry — Sherrymodifier
1.5 lumpice — Iceother
  1. Shake well, remove the ice, and grate nutmeg on top.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Ice

The Up-to-Date Bartender's Guide by Harry Montague (1913, p.38)

0.5 whiskey glassice — shaved icebase
1 jiggersherry modifier
nutmeg — Grated on top.other
1 teaspoonfulsugar — bar sugarsweetener
  1. Fill a whiskey glass half full of shaved ice and add the bar sugar and sherry.
  2. Shake, serve with grated nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Shaved ice

Home Brewed Wines and Beers and Bartenders' Guide by Johnson Smith & Company (1918) — 1918 Home Brewed, How to Mix Drinks opening section

1 teaspoonfulpowdered sugar base
1 wine-glasssherry modifier
gratednutmeg other
0.25 glassshaved ice other
  1. Shake well, grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Shaved ice

See also: Port Wine Sangaree, Sherry Punch

Source says to prepare this same as Port Wine Sangaree, substituting sherry for port.