About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.5) — About Town 1925

brandy — Fill up with brandy.base
0.75 tumblerport wine base
12 dashesJamaica ginger other
nutmeg — Serve with a little nutmeg on top.other
  1. Build with port wine and Jamaica ginger.
  2. Fill up with brandy, stir very gently, and grate a little nutmeg on top.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

This matters because it preserves a comic-name fortified-wine bracer rather than a later standardized cocktail line.

See also: Port Wine Sangaree, Brace Up