Applegreen's Bar Book by John Applegreen (1904, p.19) — Applegreen 1904

1 piecelemon peel — lemon peelacid
1 wholeSugar cube — cut sugar lumpbase
1 dashPeychaud's bitters — Peychaud or Angostura bittersbitter
water — waterdilution
1 jiggerSherry wine — sherrymodifier
1 lumpice — lump iceother
  1. Prepare as for the old-fashioned whiskey cocktail, substituting sherry for whiskey.
  2. Serve built over the lump ice.

Garnish: Lemon peel

Ice: 1 lump

Nose
Nutty sherry and citrus peel show first.
Palate
This entry is historically valuable because it proves the old-fashioned had become a general service grammar, not just a spirit category.
Finish
The finish is nutty, dry, and lightly bittered.
Summary
A fortified-wine old-fashioned from the expanded service-method branch.

See also: Sherry Cocktail, Old-Fashioned Vermouth Cocktail