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California Sherry Cobbler

Grohusko's California Sherry Cobbler is a pineapple-sweetened sherry cobbler dashed with port.

sherry · pineapple · fruity · cool · refreshing · summer

Served in Large bar glass. Ice: Ice.

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Variants (5)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.42)

0.5 tablespoonfulsugar base
1 dashbitters bitter
1 wine glassCalifornia sherry modifier
ice — Large bar glass half full of ice; then fill up with ice.other
port wine — Dash on top.other
1 ponypineapple syrup sweetener
  1. Build the sugar, pineapple syrup, California sherry, and bitters over ice in a large bar glass and stir well.
  2. Fill up with ice, dress with fruit, dash port wine on top, and serve with a straw.

Garnish: Seasonal fruit

Ice: Ice

The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.25)

0.5 glassice base
fruit garnish — fruitgarnish
1 wine glassCalifornia sherry modifier
port wine — Dash on top.other
1 ponypineapple syrup sweetener
0.5 tablespoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Build the ice, sugar, pineapple syrup, and California sherry in a large bar glass and stir well.
  2. Fill up with ice, dress with fruit, dash port wine on top, and serve with a straw.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Ice

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.11)

0.5 tablespoonsugar — Sugarbase
1.5 wine-glasssherry — California sherrymodifier
1 glassice — Fine iceother
1 ponypineapple syrup — Pineapple syrupsweetener
  1. Add the sugar, pineapple syrup, and California sherry to a large bar glass, fill with fine ice, stir well, float a little of the wine on top, decorate with fruit, and serve with a straw.

Ice: Ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.18)

0.5 tablespoonsugar — Sugarbase
1.5 wineglassCalifornia sherry modifier
ice — Fine iceother
1 floatport wine — Port wineother
1 ponypineapple syrup — Pineapple syrupsweetener
  1. Stir well over fine ice, dress with fruit, gently float port on top, and serve with a straw.

Garnish: Seasonal fruit

Ice: Fine ice

The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock (1917, p.27) — Bullock 1917

1 ponypineapple syrup — Pineapple Syrupbase
2 jiggersCalifornia sherry — California Sherrymodifier
port wine — Port Wineother
  1. Build in a large bar glass with shaved ice and stir well.
  2. Decorate with fruit, dash a little port wine on top, and serve with straws.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Shaved ice

This matters because Bullock preserves the California fortified-wine branch of the cobbler world rather than only imported sherry versions.

The port dash on top is part of the source-specific service logic here.

See also: Sherry Cobbler, California Wine Cobbler