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Spirit-forward · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Bismarck

Lowe's Bismarck is an egg-yolk pousse-cafe style cordial built from vanilla cordial, kummel, Benedictine, and bitters.

vanilla · anise · spice · digestif · formal

Served in Sherry wine-glass.

Family

Variants (3)

Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.14) — Lowe 1904

1 wholeegg yolk — yolk of eggbase
1 very light dashAngostura bitters bitter
0.5 wine-glassBenedictine modifier
0.5 wine-glasskummel — kummelmodifier
2 teaspoonVanilla cordial modifier
  1. Arrange the yolk of egg carefully in the sherry wine-glass.
  2. Add the vanilla cordial, kummel, Benedictine, and a very light dash of Angostura bitters, keeping the colours and ingredients from running together.
Nose
Vanilla, caraway, Benedictine herbs, and bitters produce a highly perfumed nose.
Palate
Bismarck matters because it shows the after-dinner layered tradition mutating into stranger yolk-and-cordial hybrids rather than simply disappearing.
Finish
The finish is rich, spicy, and sweet.
Summary
An eccentric yolk-and-cordial after-dinner drink from the late layered tradition.

Cocktails Bar La Florida by Constante Ribalaigua Vert (1934, p.183)

1 partgin base
0.5 teaspooncuracao modifier
1 partvermouth modifier
1 sprigmint — peppermintother
  1. Stir and strain.

Ice: Cracked ice

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.82)

0.5 lemonlemon juice base
seltzer — filldilution
1.5 jiggerwhite wine — Rhine wineother
1 ponyRaspberry syrup sweetener
0.5 spoonsugar sweetener
  1. Shake and strain, then fill with chilled seltzer.

Ice: Seltzer

See also: Fizz