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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 1/5

Doctor Cocktail

Ensslin's Doctor Cocktail combines Cederlund's Punch with lime juice in a very cold shaken serve.

citrus · sweet · herbal · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Cracked ice.

Variants (3)

Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo R. Ensslin (1917, p.17) — Ensslin 1917

1 juiceLime juice (fresh) — Juice 1 Limeacid
1 jiggerCederlund's punch — Cederlund's Punchbase
  1. Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve very cold.

Ice: Cracked ice

This matters because it preserves the Scandinavian punch line as an active cocktail ingredient rather than a vanished specialty.

The source's insistence on serving it very cold is part of the drink's identity, not just generic bar instruction.

El Bar Americano en España by Pedro Chicote (1927, p.57)

1 copitajugo de limón — Source omits the repeated unit and uses dash shorthand.acid
0.5 orangejugo de media naranja acid
0.5 copitadry gin base
ice — 3 ó 4 pedacitos de hielobase
1 coffee spoonjarabe de goma sweetener
  1. Agítese todo muy bien y sírvase en copa de cocktail.

Ice: Ice

Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.141) — Pedro Chicote 1928

lemon juice — Jugo de limónacid
0.5 orangeorange juice — Jugo de media naranjaacid
0.5 partdry gin base
1 coffee spoonGomme syrup — Jarabe de gomabase
  1. Shake everything very well and serve in a cocktail glass.

Ice: 3 to 4 pieces ice

This matters because it preserves a citrus-softened Doctor branch in the late-1920s Madrid field.

See also: White Lady Cocktail, Whiskey Sour