The Mixicologist by C. F. Lawlor (1895, p.24) — C. F. Lawlor 1895
| beer — beer | base | |
| 1 whole | sparkling mineral water — ordinary mineral water | dilution |
- Fill a large goblet one third full of beer.
- Add one bottle of ordinary mineral water and serve.
- Nose
- Light malt and mineral fizz dominate the nose.
- Palate
- It is extremely simple and primarily refreshing, much more about thirst-quenching than about cocktail concentration.
- Finish
- The finish is brief, fizzy, and lightly malty.
- Summary
- A stripped-down long drink showing just how elastic cocktail naming had become.
Dutch Cocktail matters because it reveals the cocktail label being applied to something almost purely functional as a refreshment. That makes it a valuable boundary marker for the ontology, even if the drink itself is simple.
There is almost no technique here beyond proportion and service temperature. That minimalism is itself historically telling.
Compared with Soda Cocktail, this is even further removed from the old bitters-and-spirit core. It marks the outer edge of cocktail-category expansion.