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Cider Egg Nogg

Sheridan's Cider Egg Nogg is a non-intoxicating egg-and-sweet-cider nogg finished with nutmeg.

sweet · spice · nutty · grassy · restorative

Served in Large bar glass. Ice: Shaved ice.

Variants (4)

The Complete Buffet Manual or How to Mix Fancy Drinks by J. E. Sheridan (1901, p.94)

1 eggegg — fresh eggbase
sweet cider — Used to fill the glass.dilution
nutmeg — Grated on top.other
0.5 tablespoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Shake the egg, sugar, ice, and sweet cider well and strain.
  2. Grate nutmeg on top and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg.

Ice: Shaved ice

This keeps the temperance-side nogg branch visible inside a mainstream mixed-drinks manual.

Sheridan's note that poor cider makes the drink impossible to make palatable underlines how ingredient quality governs the service.

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.213)

1 eggegg base
sweet cider — Fill the glass with sweet cider.dilution
0.5 glassice — shaved iceother
nutmeg — Grate on top.other
0.25 tablespoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Shake the egg, sugar, ice, and sweet cider well.
  2. Strain, grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Shaved ice

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.28)

1 pony glassbrandy — Brandybase
1 wholeegg — Eggbase
cider — Ciderother
ice — Cracked iceother
1 tablespoonsugar — Sugarsweetener
  1. Shake the egg, sugar, cracked ice, brandy, and cider well and serve.

Ice: Ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.20)

1 wholeegg — Eggbase
cider — Ciderother
3.5 small lumpice — Iceother
0.25 tablespoonsugar — Sugarsweetener
  1. Shake well and strain, then grate nutmeg on top.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Ice

See also: Egg Nogg, Hot Egg Nogg

Source warns to use the best quality cider.