The Bar-tender's Guide/Bottled Velvet

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The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
3889525The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks — Fancy English Drinks1887Jerry Thomas

Bottled Velvet.

Sir John Bayley’s Recipe.

  • Take 1 bottle of Moselle.
  • Take 1 pint of Sherry.
  • Take 2 table-spoonfuls of sugar.
  • Take 1 lemon.
  • Take 1 sprig of verbena.

Peel the lemon very thin, using only sufficient of the peel to produce the desired flavor; add the other ingredients; strain and ice.