The Bar-tender's Guide/Rumfustian

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The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
3889517The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks — Fancy English Drinks1887Jerry Thomas

Rumfustian.

  • Take 1 quart of strong ale.
  • Take 1 pint of gin.
  • Take 1 bottle of Sherry
  • Take 12 eggs.
  • Take 12 large lumps of sugar.
  • Take 1 stick of cinnamon.
  • Take 1 nutmeg, grated.
  • Take 1 lemon.

Whisk up the yolks of the eggs and add the ale and gin. Put the Sherry into a saucepan with the cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, and the rind of the lemon peeled very thin; when the wine boils, pour it upon the ale mixture and drink while hot.