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 jiggerdry vermouth — French or Italian vermouthmodifier
1 lumpice — lump iceother
  1. Prepare as for the old-fashioned whiskey cocktail, substituting vermouth for whiskey.
  2. Serve built over the lump ice.

Garnish: Lemon peel

Ice: 1 lump

Nose
Herbal vermouth and citrus oil dominate the aroma.
Palate
This matters because it shows old-fashioned service crossing fully into aperitif-wine territory, which broadens our picture of what the form meant in 1904.
Finish
The finish is herbal, lightly sweet-bitter, and dry.
Summary
An old-fashioned vermouth service from the expanded aperitif branch.

See also: Vermouth Cocktail, Old-Fashioned Martini Cocktail