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Hot drink · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Cold Brandy Sling

McDonough's Cold Brandy Sling is a simple sweetened iced brandy sling grated with nutmeg.

brandy · nutmeg · sugar

Served in Small bar glass. Ice: One piece of ice.

Variants (1)

McDonough's Bar-Keepers' Guide, and Gentlemen's Sideboard Companion by Patsy McDonough (1883, p.15) — Cold

1 pony-wine-glassbrandy — Brandybase
0.5 tablespoonsugar — bar sugarbase
0.5 pony-wine-glasswater dilution
1 pieceice other
nutmeg — Grated on top.other
  1. Use a small bar glass and add the sugar, water, brandy, and ice.
  2. Stir.
  3. Grate nutmeg on top.

Garnish: Nutmeg

Ice: One piece of ice

See also: Cold Whiskey Sling, Cold Gin Sling, Cold Brandy Toddy

The bar manual recommends keeping prepared nutmeg in a pepper bottle.