Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.52)
| 2 dashes | lime juice — Source says two or three dashes. | acid |
| 3 dashes | Absinthe — Source says three or four dashes. | base |
| 0.5 glass | ice — fine shaved ice | base |
| 1 wine glass | Irish whiskey | base |
| 1 | egg white — white of one egg | other |
| 1 spoonful | sugar | sweetener |
- Shake the shaved ice, lime juice, sugar, absinthe, egg white, and Irish whiskey well in a mixing glass.
- Strain into a wine glass and serve.
Ice: Fine shaved ice
This is a useful compact whiskey-and-absinthe checkpoint sitting between daisy, sour, and aperitif logic.
Its identity depends on being shaken and served up rather than lengthened with charged water.