Mixed Drinks by Herbert W. Green (1895, p.67)
| 1 jigger | port wine | base |
| milk — Used to fill. | dilution | |
| 0.5 jigger | sherry | modifier |
| 1 egg | egg | other |
| 1 large spoonful | sugar | sweetener |
- Fill a large mixing glass one-third full of fine ice and add the ingredients.
- Shake well, strain into a thin lemonade glass, grate nutmeg on top, and serve.
Garnish: Grated nutmeg.
Ice: Fine ice
This is a useful fortified-wine dairy checkpoint because it sits between egg nogg, flip, and coffee-cocktail logic without collapsing into any one of them.
The whole drink depends on full egg-and-milk shaking, not just a wine build with dairy added.