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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 3/5

Brace Up Saratoga

Sheridan's Brace Up Saratoga is an egg-and-brandy brace-up with bitters, lime, absinthe, and seltzer.

sweet · sour · anise · spice · restorative

Served in Large bar glass. Ice: Small lumps of ice.

Variants (2)

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

3.5 dasheslime juice — Source gives 3 or 4 dashes.acid
2 dashesAbsinthe — Absinthebase
1 wine-glassbrandy base
1 tablespoonfulsugar — fine white sugarbase
2.5 dashesBoker's bitters — Source gives 2 or 3 dashes.bitter
Soda water — seltzer waterdilution
1 eggegg — fresh eggother
  1. Shake the sugar, bitters, lime juice, absinthe, egg, brandy, and ice thoroughly.
  2. Strain into another glass, fill with seltzer water, and serve.

Ice: Small lumps of ice

This keeps the Saratoga-named brace-up line visible as a distinct restorative branch rather than a stray nickname.

The drink sits between sour, fizz, and brace-up service, with the charged water added only after straining.

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.16)

3.5 dashlime juice — Lime juiceacid
2 dashAbsinthe — Absinthebase
1 wineglassbrandy — Brandybase
1 tablespoonfine white sugar — Fine white sugarbase
2.5 dashBoker's bitters — Two or three dashes.bitter
Seltzer water — Seltzer waterdilution
1 wholeegg — Eggother
2 small lumpice — Iceother
  1. Shake thoroughly, strain into another glass, and fill with seltzer water.

Ice: Ice

See also: Brace Up, Golden Fizz