Tract · Cocktails

Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 3/5

Welcome Stranger Cocktail

McElhone's Welcome Stranger is the equal-parts citrus, gin, Swedish punch, and brandy cocktail invented by the author.

sweet · sour · citrus · tropical · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (1)

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.84) — Invented by the author

0.17 partlemon juice — Lemon Juiceacid
0.17 partorange juice — Orange Juiceacid
0.17 partbrandy base
0.17 partgin base
0.17 partGrenadine base
0.17 partSwedish punsch — Swedish Punchmodifier
  1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves one of McElhone's own equal-parts house inventions at the close of the alphabetic run.

See also: Volstead Cocktail, Tanglefoot Cocktail