Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.14) — Lowe 1904 Straight Service
| 1 pony | Benedictine — Served straight in a pony glass set over an inverted whiskey glass. | base |
- Place a whiskey glass upside down on the bar and set a pony glass on top of it.
- Fill the pony glass with Benedictine and serve straight.
- Nose
- The nose is sweetly herbal, with honeyed spice and monastery liqueur aromatics.
- Palate
- This entry is useful less as a mixed drink than as evidence of how straight liqueur service remained formalised in professional bar manuals.
- Finish
- The finish is sweet, spiced, and lingeringly herbal.
- Summary
- A straight-cordial service note preserving the formal liqueur branch of bar practice.