Commodore — The Cocktail Ontologist

Variants (3)

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.219)

0.5 lime	lime	base
1 jigger	Whiskey	base
2 dashes	orange bitters	bitter
1 teaspoonful	sugar	sweetener

Shake the lime, whiskey, sugar, and orange bitters well.
Strain into a thin goblet and serve.

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.46)

1 dash	lemon juice	acid
1 drink	rum — Bacardi rum	base
0.5 teaspoon	sugar	base
1 white	egg white	other
1 dash	Grenadine	sweetener
1 dash	Raspberry syrup	sweetener

Build and shake well.
Serve in a cocktail glass.

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.61)

0.2 part	lime juice — fresh lime juice	acid
0.8 part	rye whisky	base
2 dashes	orange bitters	bitter
	sugar	sweetener

Shake and strain.

See also: Commodore Cocktail

Source says Phil Gross of Cincinnati invented it and that it won the Police Gazette championship medal in the 1899 bartenders' contest.