At last week's Vintage Drinks event at New York's Keens Steakhouse we learned a fair amount about vintage drinking. Worried that we might not retain it all – what with the drinking – we persuaded the King of Cocktails himself, Dale DeGroff, to show us how to make the Morning Glory Fizz.
Want to try it at home? Here's the recipe. And come back tomorrow for David Wondrich's lesson on how to make a Holland Gin Cocktail.
Morning Glory Fizz
from
Modern Bartenders Guide, O.H. Byron, 1884
Ingredients:
mixing glass 3/4 full with fine ice
3 to 4 dashes absinthe mixed in a little water
3 dashes lime juice
1 tbsp. sugar
egg white
1 wine glass of Scotch
Shake well in a shaker and strain. Balance off glass with seltzer.
Drink immediately, or the effect will be lost. It's a morning beverage, a tonic and a nerve quieter.