Lemon Cocktail — The Cocktail Ontologist

Variants (2)

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.160)

0.5 juice of half a lemon	lemon juice	acid
0.75 wine glass	Bourbon whiskey — Old Crow whiskey	base
0.67 glass	ice — fine ice	base
1 dash	orange bitters — Source says one or two dashes.	bitter
1 dash	Peychaud's bitters — Peychaud bitters	bitter
	fruit — If desired.	garnish
1 teaspoonful	syrup	sweetener

Stir the fine ice, syrup, orange bitters, Peychaud bitters, Old Crow whiskey, and lemon juice well.
Strain into a cooled cocktail glass and add fruit if desired.

Garnish: Optional fruit

Ice: Fine ice

Angostura Bitters Centenary Gift Book of Cocktail and Other Recipes by Angostura Bitters (Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons) Limited (1924) — Angostura Centenary 1924, lemon Angostura cocktail

	Lemon juice (fresh) — lemon juice	base
3 dash	Angostura bitters	bitter
fill	ice	other
to taste	sugar	sweetener

Sweeten lemon juice to taste, add Angostura Bitters, fill with ice, mix, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Ice: Ice

See also: Whiskey Cocktail, Lemon Sour

Source says fruit may be added if desired.