Quelle Vie Cocktail

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.71) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

1. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a tiny kummel-and-brandy aperitif branch in the late London field.

The drink's interest lies in its minimal two-part aromatic structure.

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.67) — Barflies 1927

1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves one of McElhone's terse interwar aromatic side branches rather than only the surviving classics.