Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.122)
| 2 dashes | Angostura bitters — Dr. Siegert's Angostura bitters | base |
| sherry — good sherry wine | modifier |
- Put the Angostura bitters in a sherry glass.
- Fill with good sherry wine and serve.
Daly explicitly frames it as a delightful and exhilarating appetizer.
This is plain fortified-wine service lifted by bitters rather than a mixed cocktail proper.