Mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes Angostura bitters or Peyschaud bitters, two dashes gum-syrup, one jigger Holland gin. Mix; strain into a cocktail-glass. Add a piece of twisted lemon-peel or a maraschino cherry.
Old-Fashioned Holland Gin Cocktail.
Crush a small lump of sugar in a whiskey-glass containing a little water, add a lump of ice, two dashes of Angostura bitters, a small piece of lemon peel, one jigger Holland gin. Mix with small bar-spoon. Serve.
Holland House Cocktail.
Mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes Peyschaud bitters, one-half pony Eau de Vie d’Oranges, one and a half pony old rye whiskey, a piece lemon-peel. Mix. Moisten the edge of cocktail-glass with lemon, dip in sugar. Strain the cocktail into the prepared glass.
Brandy Cocktail.
A mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes gum-syrup, two dashes Peyschaud or Angostura bitters, one jigger brandy. Mix and strain into cocktail-glass. Add a piece twisted lemon-peel or a maraschino cherry.
Fancy Brandy Cocktail.
Fill a mixing-glass half-full fine ice, add three dashes maraschino, two dashes Peyschaud or Angostura bitters, one jigger brandy, one dash orange bitters. Mix. Strain into fancy cocktail-glass, the rim of which has been moistened with a piece of lemon and dipped in powdered sugar, which gives it the appearance of being frosted.