The Mixicologist by C. F. Lawlor (1895, p.25) — C. F. Lawlor 1895
| 0.25 whole | lemon — quarter lemon with peel on | acid |
| 1 barspoon | sugar — sugar | base |
| 2 oz | Whiskey — whiskey | base |
| sparkling mineral water — Apollinaris | dilution | |
| fruit — fruit | garnish |
- Put one barspoonful sugar and one quarter lemon with peel on into a mixing glass and muddle well.
- Fill two thirds full of fine ice.
- Add the whiskey and fill with Apollinaris.
- Stir thoroughly with a spoon.
- Strain into a previously cooled ale glass and add fruit.
Garnish: Fruit
- Nose
- Lemon and whiskey rise through mineral sparkle.
- Palate
- It is lighter than a whiskey cocktail but still more spirit-centred than Soda Cocktail, with the lemon-peel muddle giving extra grip.
- Finish
- The finish is brisk, lemony, and gently grainy.
- Summary
- A whiskey long drink that sits between Collins logic and late mineral-water cocktail service.
K and K Punch matters because it shows individual long drinks still borrowing the punch label even as their service becomes clearly glass-based and modern. This is exactly the kind of category overlap the ontology needs to preserve.
The cooled ale glass and the strain matter; this is not just a dump-and-top refresher.
Compared with John Collins, K and K Punch is less obviously citrus-led and more whiskey-mineral in shape. Compared with Morning Cocktail, it is plainer and less aromatic.