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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Spirit of St. Louis Cocktail

McElhone's Spirit of St. Louis is the Lindbergh-era gin cocktail with egg white, grenadine, and orange water.

sweet · floral · silky · formal · celebratory

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (1)

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.76) — Lindbergh tribute

1 egg whiteegg white — White of one eggbase
1 glassgin base
2 dashesorange flower water — Orange waterother
1 teaspoonfulGrenadine sweetener
  1. Shake well and strain.

This matters because it preserves an immediate Lindbergh commemorative cocktail in the interwar bar canon.

See also: Pink Lady Cocktail, Princess Mary Cocktail