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Swizzle

Imported from Cocktails (Metropolitan Club Washington DC)

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Ice.

Variants (2)

Cocktails (Metropolitan Club Washington DC) by Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C. (1920) — Metropolitan Club standard cocktail

1 teaspoonfulLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
0.75 gillCarrypton base
2 dashAngostura bitters bitter
  1. Frappe.

Ice: Ice

Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em by Stanley Clisby Arthur (1938, p.82)

1 wineglassrum — Rumbase
3 dashPeychaud's bitters — Peychaud bittersbitter
1 ponywater — Waterdilution
ice — Iceother
1 tbspNew Orleans molasses sweetener
  1. Mix in a bar glass, swizzle with a swizzle-stick, add ice, swizzle again, strain into a serving glass, and serve.

Arthur also gives a hot winter version made by adding piping hot water and nutmeg.