Non-Alcoholic Beverages - Cold & Hot

Breakfast Beverages

*Faith's Fortified Breakfast Drink

Juices available:

     Apple

     Cranberry & combinations

     Grape

     Grapefruit

     Orange

     Pineapple

     Tomato

Homemade Nut Milk - No Straining (good for cereal, smothies, and the like)

Smoothies (good for breakfast)

Also see Smoothies on Breakfast page

Malted Milk Powder

Orange Julius

Basic Smoothies

*Strawberry Banana Smoothies (variations: Tropical, Very Berry, Peachy Dreams)

Blueberry Blast Smoothie

Blueberry-Watermelon Smoothie (no dairy)

Melon Smoothies

Tropical Smoothies (mango, papaya)

Pina Colada Smoothie

Orange Creamsicle Smoothie

Peach Pie Smoothie

Apple Pie Smoothie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Coffee Smoothies

Banana, Coffee, Cashew, & Cocoa Smoothie (w/ oatmeal)

Vanilla Coconut Cashew Latte Smoothie

Cherry Chocolate Mocha Smoothie

Banana Split Smoothie (dessert smoothie)

Iced Teas, Coffee & Chocolate

Homemade Herbal Teas

*Faith's Iced Tea

Boston Iced Tea (cranberry flavored, sweetened)

Tangerine Tea

Fruited Iced Teas (Southern, most w/ sugar)

Iced Green Tea w/ Ginger, Mint & Honey

Iced Coffee

Cold Brew Coffee (for iced coffee)

Chocolate Milk

Homemade Chocolate Sauce

Iced Cocoa or Chocolate

Iced Mochacchino

Iced Fruit Drinks

*Lemonade (variations: Orangeade, Limeade, Minted Lemonade, Blackberry Lemonade)

Lemonade topped off with seltzer

Peach Lemonade

Pink Lemonade

Jamaican Ginger Beer

Ginger Syrup

Lemon-Ginger Brew

Slushies

Agua Frescas (Mexican Fruit Waters)

Batidos (Latin American iced fruit drinks w/ milk)

Ice Cream Drinks

Soda Fountain Recipes

*Milk Shakes (including malted milk shakes)

Origin of Malted Milk Shakes

*Root Beer Floats

Coffee Floats

Soft Drinks

The History of Soft Drinks

Ginger Beer vs Ginger Ale

Bar & Drink Information, & Homemade Liquors, Liqueurs & Syrups

Homemade Liqueurs

Making Homemade Liqueurs

*Ginger Liqueur

Blackberry Liqueur (creme de mure)

Cherry Bounce (18th - 19th C., morello cherries, sugar, brandy)

Cherry Liqueur

Cherry Cordial

Homemade Crème de Cassis (currant)

Homemade Amaretto (almond liqueur)

Homemade Hazelnut Liqueur

*Homemade Coffee Liqueur

Homemade Chocolate Liqueur

Homemade Mint Liqueur (crème de menthe)

Pimento Dram (allspice liqueur, tiki coctails)

Falernum (clove, citrus, & nut flavors, tiki cocktails)

Homemade Flavored Spirits

How to Infuse Flavors into Distilled Spirits

+Jane's Irish Cream Liquor

Homemade Vanilla Vodka

How to Make Pear Vodka

DIY Coconut Rum

Homemade Limoncello

Drink Types

Types of Alcoholic Drinks

25 Cocktails Everyone Should Know

Before Dinner Cocktails (Apèritif)

After Dinner Drinks (Digestif)

Martini Style Drink Collection - drinks served neat

Lowballs - served on the rocks

Highballs - spirit + mixer over ice in tall glasses

Coolers

Sours - sour mix of lemon juice & sweetner

Tiki Drinks - tropical flavors

Refreshing Summer Drinks

Whiskey Cocktails

Great Gatsby Cocktail Recipes (during Prohibition)

Homemade Syrups & Fruit Mixes

Lemon - Lime Sour Mix

*Fresh Peach Purée

*Simple Syrup for mixed drinks

Vanilla Simple Syrup

Ginger Simple Syrup

Homemade Brown Sugar Spiced Simple Syrup

Cinnamon Syrup (used for tiki cocktails)

Homemade Cream of Coconut (Coco Lopez substitute)

*Orgeat Syrup (almond flavored)

Homemade Cocktail Cherries

Cocktail Shrubs (fruit & vinegar syrup - tang like get from citrus in a drink)

Alcoholic Beverages - Hot

Coffees & Mochas

Best Spirits to Pair With Coffee

*Irish Coffee (Irish whiskey)

*Keoke Coffee (brandy, Kahlua - coffee flavor, creme de cacao)

*Spiked Christmas Coffee (crème de cacao or kahlua, Irish cream, crème de mint whipped topping)

Almond Mocha (Kahlua & amaretto - almond)

Café Amore (brandy and amaretto - almond, & variations)

Hot Nutty Irishman (Bailey's & Frangelico - hazelnut)

Coffee, Frangelico (hazelnut), & chocolate whipped cream

Cafe Espagnole (brandy & curacao - orange flavored)

Other

Hot Toddy

Irish Whiskey Ginger Toddy

Bushmills Irish Punch (whiskey, Drambuie)

Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Mulled Cider w/ Rum

Wassail (Modern recipes) (apple cider, spices, alcohol optional)

Swedish Glögg (spiced wine w/ raisins & almonds)

Glühwein (German Christmas Wine)

Indian Summer (apple brandy & apple cider)

Pimm's Winter Cup

Hot Chocolates

Black Forest Hot Chocolate (cherry liqueur, Kirsch, or cherry brandy)

Hot Peppermint Patty (peppermint schnapps, dark crème de cacao

Spiked Hot Chocolate

Pink Chocolate (raspberry & white chocolate liqueurs)

Boozy Hot Chocolate Bombs

Alcoholic Beverages - Cold (Champagne, Wine, Kahlua, Bailey's, Blue Curaça, etc.)
(F) = frozen

Official Cocktails of Triple Crown Horse Races

Official Cocktail of the Kentucky Derby

Official Cocktail of the Preakness Stakes

Official Cocktail of the Belmont Stakes

Champagne/Sparkling Wine Drinks

Types of Sparkling Wine (champagne, cava...)

Classic Champagne Cocktail (w/ bitters)

Mimosa (Champagne & orange juice)

Autumn Cider Mimosa

Grapefruit & Ginger Sparkler

Raspberry Royale (Champagne & framboise or chambord)

Fresh Peach Bellinis

Frozen Peach Bellinis

Bellini Bar (peach, strawberry & blueberry or blackberry flavors)

Midnight Cocktail (Champagne & Goldschlager)

French 75 (gin, lemon juice, sugar, champagne)

The Seelbach (bourbon, Cointreau, bitters, champagne)

Arctic Kiss (Finlandia® vodka & champagne)

Blue Curaçao (blue-colored drinks)

Served Straight Up

Sapphire Martini (gin or vodka)

Blue Cosmopolitan (vodka, Triple Sec, lime & cranberry juices)

 

Long Drinks (w/ ice)

*Blue Hawaiian/Blue Hawaii (rum, blue curaçao, pineapple juice, coconut cream)

Blue Lagoon (vodka, lemonade)

Blue Margaritas (over ice or frozen)

 

Frozen Drinks

Blue Bayou (vodka, blue curaçao, pineapple & grapefruit juices)

Blue Margaritas (over ice or frozen)

Midori® Melon Liqueur

Midori® Sour

Pimm's No. 1

Pimm's No. 1 Cup (Pimm's No. 1 is gin flavored w/ fruit & herbs)

Wine Drinks

Sangria (traditional red)

White Sangria

Blackberry Tinto de Verano (blackberry wine, lemonade, sparkling water)

Kir & Kir Royale (white wine & creme de cassis, plus variations)

Mulled Wine

Swedish Glögg (Swedish mulled wine)

Dinner Drinks: Kahlua, Bailey's Irish Cream, cream de cacao, cream

*Christel's Brandy Alexanders (brandy, dark creme de cocoa, cream)

Dusty Rose (cherry brandy, white creme de cocoa, cream)

*Chocolate Martinis (vodka, chocolate liqueur, dark creme de cocoa, cream)

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Martini

Kahlua & Cream (1:1 over ice)

Black/White Russian (vodka, Kahlua, cream for white version)

Dirty Mother (brandy, Kahlua, cream for white version)

Toasted Almond (amaretto, Kahlua, cream)

B-52 (Grand Marnier, Kahlua, Bailey's)

Mudslide (vodka, Kahlua, Bailey's)

Nutty Irishman (Frangelico - hazelnut, Bailey's)

Grasshopper (green creme de menthe, white creme de cocoa, cream)

Brandy/Cognac Drinks

Served Straight Up

*Christel's Brandy Alexanders (brandy, dark cream de cacao, half & half)

Dusty Rose (cherry brandy, white creme de cocoa, cream)

Corpse Reviver No.1 (cognac, apple brandy or Calvados, sweet vermouth)

Sidecar (cognac or brandy, orange-flavored liqueur, lemon juice)

Jack Rose (applejack, lemon/lime juice, grenadine)

Long Drinks (w/ ice)

Picon Punch

On the Rocks

French Connection (cognac, Amaretto liqueur)

Gin Drinks

Served Straight Up

Martinez (Old Tom gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino liqueur, orange bitters)

Martinis (dry)

Sapphire Martini (blue curaçao)

Gibson

Gimlet

The Last Word

Corpse Reviver No.2 (Cognac, apple brandy or Calvados, sweet vermouth)

Pegu Club (lime juice, curaçao, bitters)

Negroni (gin, Campari, sweet vermouth)

Aviation

Jasmine (gin, lemon juice, Campari, Cointreau)

French 75 (gin, lemon juice, sugar, champagne)

Tuxedo No. 2

On the Rocks

*Bramble Cocktail

Long Drinks (w/ ice)

*Gin & Tonic (gin, lime juice & tonic)

Gin Rickey (gin, lime juice & club soda)

Tom Collins

Gin Gin Mule (gin, lime juice, simple syrup, ginger beer)

Gin Fizz

Greyhound (gin & grapefruit juice)

Salty Dog (Greyhound w/ salted rim)

Singapore Sling

*Bloody Mary (gin or vodka, tomato juice)

Vodka Drinks

Vanilla Vodka: substitute 1 cup regular vodka and 1 teaspoon vanilla

Served Straight Up

Cosmopolitan (cranberry; variations: blue & peach cosmopolitans)

Pomegranate Cosmos

Vesper (James Bond classic)

Key Lime Pie Martini (vanilla vodka, key lime liqueur, pineapple juice, cream)

Boston Cream Pie Martini (vanilla vodka, chocolate liqueur, Irish cream)

*Chocolate Martinis (& variations)

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Martini

Mexican Chocolate Martini (chocolate vodka, dark chocolate liqueur, tequila, Kahlua)

Vanilla Vodka Creamtini (vanilla vodka, irish cream, orange liquer)

Black Martini (vodka, black raspberry liqueur, Blue Curacao - optional)

Midnight Martini (vodka, chilled espresso, orange liqueur, Kahlua)

Peartini (pear vodka, amaretto, spiced simple syrup)

On the Rocks

Black/White Russian (Kahlua)

Black & White Espresso Russian Bar

Frozen Drinks

Blue Bayou (pineapple, grapefruit juices)

Homemade Limoncello

Long Drinks (w/ ice)

*Vodka & Cranberry (Cape Codder/ Cranberry Cooler)

Greyhound (vodka & grapefruit w/ lime wedge)

Sea Breeze (grapefruit & cranberry juices)

Bay Breeze (Hawaiian Sea Breeze, pineapple & cranberry juices)

Red, White & Blue 4th of July Cocktail (strawberries, blueberries)

Moscow Mule (lime juice, simple syrup, ginger beer)

Peach Donkey (peaches, ginger liqueur, ginger beer)

*Bloody Mary (gin or vodka, tomato juice)

Rum Drinks

Tiki Drinks - tropical flavors

Served Straight Up

El Presidente

Daiquiris

Hemingway Daiquiri

Jean Harlow Cocktail

Green Apple Martini (apple rum & apple liqueur)

Espresso Martini (vanilla rum, Kahlua, espresso coffee)

Frozen Drinks

Homemade Cream of Coconut (Coco Lopez substitute)

*Faith's Piña Coladas (pineapple juice, cream of coconut)

Ultra-Tropical Piña Colada (pineapple chunks, unsweetened coconut cream)

*Hazel's Strawberry Daiquiris (strawberries, lemon juice, sugar)

Frozen Daiquiri

Frozen Banana Daiquiri

Mango Coconut Daiquiri

Punch

English Christmas Punch

Long Drinks (w/ ice)

Rum Punch

Planter's Punch

Navy Grog and Ancient Mariner (lime, grapefruit juice)

Dark 'n' Stormy (ginger beer, lime wedge)

Rum Swizzle (orange & pineapple juices, bitters, falernum)

*Christel's Bahama Mamas (rum, coffee liqueur)

*Christel's Ruby Relaxer (vodka, coconut rum, Peachtree Schnapps)

*Blue Hawaiian (pineapple juice, coconut cream, blue curaçao)

*Mojito (mint, sugar, lime juice & club soda)

Blueberry Mojito

Watermelon Blueberry Mojito

*Mai Tai (lime, orange curaçao, orgeat syrup) - also Surf Room Mai Tai w/ pineapple juice

Zombie

Hurricane

Leilani Volcano (guava nectar)

Pear Spiced Sailor

Tequila Drinks

Margaritas

*Margaritas (regular & (F), plus pineapple, raspberry, strawberry, grapefruit, & peach variations)

Strawberry Margaritas

Pineapple Margarita

Coconut Margarita

Cherry Margarita

Watermelon Margaritas

Apple Cider Margarita

Cranberry Margarita

Long Drinks (w/ ice)

Tequila Sunrise (& Sunset)

Bloody Maria (Bloody Mary made w/ tequila)

Paloma (lime, grapefruit soda or grapefruit juice & soda water, salt)

Whiskey, Scotch & Bourbon Drinks

Served Straight Up

Manhattan (& variations: rye or bourbon, sweet vermouth, bitters, maraschino cherry)

*Rob Roy (Scotch whisky version of the Manhattan)

The Emerald (Irish whiskey version of the Manhattan but w/ orange bitters)

The Brooklyn Cocktail (rye, dry vermouth, maraschino liqueur)

Nirvana Cocktail (rye, Amer Picon, Benedictine)

Blood & Sand (scotch, sweet vermouth, Cherry Heering, orange juice)

Sazerac (rye, absinthe, bitters, sugar cube)

Boulevardier (bourbon or rye, Campari, sweet vermouth, orange twist or cherry)

The Derby (bourbon, sweet vermouth, lime, curaçao)

Irish Blond Cocktail (Irish whiskey, curacao, sherry, orange bitters)

Diamondback (rye, applejack, green Chartreuse)

Tipperary Cocktail (Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth, green Chartreuse)

The Seelbach (bourbon, Cointreau, bitters, champagne)

*Whiskey Sours (whiskey or bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup)

Long Drinks (w/ Ice)

The Copywriter (Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth, lemon juice, honey syrup, seltzer)

Irish Buck/Blarney Stone (Irish whiskey, ginger ale or ginger beer, w/ lime juice)

Bourbon Lift (bourbon, coffee liqueur, cream, orgeat)

Punch

Whiskey Sour Punch

Bushmills Irish Punch (served hot, Irish whiskey, Drambuie)

On the Rocks

Whiskey Smash

Old Fashioned (rye or bourbon, bitters)

Rusty Nail (scotch & Drambuie)

Black Nail (Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey & Irish Mist liqueur)

Mint Julep (bourbon)

Irish Eyes (Irish whiskey, crème de menthe, cream)

Holiday Beverages

General Information

Cocktail Garnishes

How to Rim a Cocktail Glass

New Year's Eve

Types of Sparkling Wine

Midnight Cocktail (Champagne & Goldschlager)

Midnight Martini (vodka, chilled espresso, orange liqueur, Kahlua)

Valentine's Day

*Chocolate Martinis (& variations)

Pink Chocolate (raspberry & white chocolate liqueurs in white hot chocolate)

St. Patty's Day

*Irish Coffee (Irish whiskey)

Fourth of July

Rum Drinks - most can be served frozen

Refreshing Summer Drinks

Tiki Drinks

*Hazels' Strawberry Daiquiris (F) - red

*Faith's Piña Coladas (F) - white

*Blue Hawaiian - blue (rum, Blue Curaçao, pineapple juice, coconut cream)

Mojitos (rum, mint, club soda)

Thanksgiving (Fall Drinks)

*Hot Mulled Cider (alcoholic & non-alcoholic versions)

Autumn Cider Mimosa

Indian Summer (apple brandy & apple cider)

*Christel's Brandy Alexanders (traditonal in our family for Thanksgiving)

Pear Spiced Sailor (spiced rum, pear purée, ginger ale)

Peartini (pear vodka, amaretto, spiced simple syrup)

Holiday Champagne Cocktails

Holiday Mimosas

Christmas Cocktail (champagne, pear & pomegranate juices)

Christmas

How to Rim a Cocktail Glass

McGillin’s Olde Ale House Holiday Drinks

*Eggnog

Eggnog Martini (vanilla vodka, amaretto)

Tom & Jerry (19th C. warm eggnog type drink)

Coquito ("little coconut," Puerto Rican Christmas eggnog-type drink)

Mint Chocolate Martinis

Peppermint Martini

White Christmas Dream Cocktail (vodka, amaretto, cream)

Spiked Christmas Coffee (crème de cacao, Irish cream, crème de mint whipped topping)

Holiday Hot Chocolate (alcoholic & non-alcoholic versions, peppermint schnapps)

White Holiday Hot Chocolate (Grand Marnier)

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Martini

Mulled Wine

Swedish Glögg (spiced wine w/ raisins & almonds)

Glühwein (German Christmas Wine)

Halloween

Halloween Cocktail Garnishes

How to Rim a Cocktail Glass

 

The Brain Cocktail (peach schnapps, Irish cream)

Alien Urine Sample (blue & green, coconut rum, Midori, banana liqueur, peach schnapps, blue curaçao)

The Poison Apple (vodka or tequila, apple cider, pomegranate juice, honey)

Black Widow (crème de cassis, vodka)

Witch's Brew (green)

The Cat's Eye

Zombie Slime (green w/ red blood drips)

Hemlock Cocktail (gin, Midori, orange liqueur, mint, thyme)

Halloween Bubble Tea

Haunted Hill (scotch, sweet vermouth, orgeat, pineapple & lime juice)

Hunter & Huntress Cocktails

 

Martinis

Black Martini (black, vodka, black raspberry liqueur)

Liquified Ghost (white, vodka, cream, vanilla simple syrup, soda water)

Vampire (Dracula's) Kiss (red w/ red blood drips, vodka, grenadine, cranberry pomegranate juice)

Bleeding Heart Martini (traditional martini w/ "bleeding" pickled beet heart as garnish)

 

Punches

Cemetary Slime Punch (non-alcoholic)

Spellbinders w/ Devil Eyeballs

Witches' Cauldron

Alcoholic Drinks through History

History of Alcohol & Drinks

History of Alcohol

History of Distilled Spirits

History of Punch (5 ingredients: spirits (rum, brandy, or Batavia arrack*); sugar; water; citrus; and spice (usually grated nutmeg))

History of Cocktails

History of the Martinez & Martini

What is Vermouth?

History of Gin

Tip: Instead of using sugar loaf on lemon rind to absorb lemon oil, muddle zest with sugar

Books on Bartending & Mixology

Classic Vintage Books on Bartending & Mixology

Jerry Thomas

Jerry Thomas’ Bartender’s Guide 1862

Jerry Thomas’ Bartender’s Guide 1876

Harry Craddock - The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930)

Medieval Period (to c.1450)

Medieval Beverages

Beer, Ale & Wine

Cider

Perry/Poiré (pear "cider")

Mead (honey wine)

Bragget (12th C. - ale & honey fermented, w/ spices & herbs)

Caudell (frothy ale or wine thickened w/ eggs, served warm)

Caudell of Almondys (caudell of almonds instead of eggs)

Potus Ypocras (forerunner of mulled wine)

Clarrey (a mulled wine similar to Hippocras but w/ honey, ginger, saffron & pepper)

Wassail (13th C. - warm spiced ale seved during holidays)

Cordial Waters (medicinal elixirs, evolved into liqueurs)

15th Century

Ale & Beer in 15th & 16th Century

Wine

Cider

Perry/Poiré (pear "cider")

Mead (honey wine)

Bragget (12th C. - ale & honey fermented, w/ spices & herbs)

Caudell (frothy ale or wine thickened w/ eggs, served warm)

Caudell of Almondys (caudell of almonds instead of eggs)

Potus Ypocras (forerunner of mulled wine)

Clarrey (a mulled wine similar to Hippocras but w/ honey, ginger, saffron & pepper)

Wassail (13th C. - warm spiced ale seved during holidays)

Cordial Waters (medicinal elixirs, evolved into liqueurs)

16th Century (Tutor England - 1485 to 1603)

Ale & Beer in 15th & 16th Century

Wine

Cider

Perry/Poiré (pear "cider")

Mead (honey wine)

Sack (unforitified wine precursor to sherry)

Bragget (12th C. - ale & mead, w/ spices & herbs)

Potus Ypocras (forerunner of mulled wine)

Wassail (13th C. - warm spiced ale served during holidays)

Brandy (16th C.)

Scottish whiskey (16th C.)

17th Century

17th Century Drinks & Beverages

Wine - started to be fortified for transportation reasons, con't into the 18th C.

Bragget (12th C. - ale & mead w/ spices & herbs)

Potus Ypocras (forerunner of mulled wine)

Wassail (13th C. - warm spiced ale seved during holidays)

Syllabub (cream & wine/sack, served cold)

Posset (cream, sack & eggs, served warm)

Rambooze (wine, ale, eggs, sugar in winter; wine, milk, sugar, rose-water in summer)

Punch (17th C. - mid 18th C., precursor of cocktails)

Shrub (17th C. - 18th C., vinegar preserved fruit mixed w/ sugar diluted w/ water, rum or brandy may be added)

Cognac (17th C.)

Champagne

Gin (17th C., invented in Holland)

Cordial Waters

19th Century

19th Century Beverages

Taverns in the 1830s (America)

1850s on - US began importing English gin & French vermouth in quantity

Cock-tails (around 1800, & rise of the Old Fashioned)

Cups (mixed drinks using cider, perry, wine & beer)

Slings (at least as early as 1807, punch in individual servings - American, liquer, sugar, water)

Regent's Punch (1820)

Haymaker's Punch (Ginger Switchel)

Ratafia ('kernel waters', fruit-based cordial)

Swizzle (mid 19th C., Caribbean, liquor, sugar, lime, ice whisked to a froth w/ "swizzle-stick")

 

Warm Winter Drinks & for Holidays

Flips (1695 - beer w/ sugar, spices, rum, served warm)

Hot Toddy (1700s - hot water, spirits & sugar)

Negus (1732 - port wine, sugar, lemon, nutmeg, served warm)

Mulled Wine (18th C.)

Bishop (18th C. - spiced port wine w/ roasted lemons, served warm)

Tom & Jerry (warm eggnog type drink, 1820s)

 

The New Cocktails (1830s ice widely available, artificially carbonated water)

Brief History of Ice

Mint Julep

Daisies (iced cocktail w/ a liqueur added, mid to late 1800s)

Cobblers (19th C., Sherry Cobbler, sherry, sugar, fruit, ice)

Coolers

Fizzes (1870s - seltzer water)

Golden Fizz (gin fizz shaken up w/ egg yolk)

Collins

Sours

Pimm’s Cup No. 1 (1850s, fruit cup)

1860s - 1920 (Classic Age of Cocktails)

Pre-Prohibition Cocktails

Bourbon (1880s in Kentucky)

Highballs (late 19th C.)

Dacquiri (1890s)

Martini

Manhatten

20th Century

1920s

Great Gatsby Cocktail Recipes (Prohibiition era)

Bee's Knees

Gin Rickey

Between the Sheets

 

Ages of the Cocktail

Colonial America (1492 - 1776)

Drinking in Colonial America

Colonial Beverages (recipes)

Switchel (vinegar, ginger, & molasses refreshment - may add rum)

Beer, Ale & Wine

Sack (unforitified wine precursor to sherry)

Cider

Perry/Poiré (pear "cider")

Mead (honey wine)

Applejack (1698 - apple brandy)

Rum (1664 - first distillery in the Thirteen Colonies)

Cherry Bounce (homemade liqueur: morello cherries, sugar, brandy)

Metheglin, Calibogris, Canstantia, Kill-Devil, Rumbullion, Alicanti, Spiced Syder, Switchel, Mumbo and Ebulum

 

Drinks Made w/ Ale or Beer

Wassail (13th C. - warm spiced ale served during holidays)

Flips (1695 - mulled beer w/ sugar, spices, rum, served warm, often egg)

Bellowstop (fresh egg beaten into a flip, the froth would rise over the top of the mug)

Rattle-Skull (English slang for a chatty person, dark beer, rum, lime juice, & nutmeg)

Callibogus (also Bogus - spruce beer, rum or other liquor & molasses, sometimes heated w/ egg, similar to a Flip)

Whistle Belly (17th - 18th C. - sour beer sweetened w/ molasses, thickened w/ brown bread (ryneinjun) & simmered over fire, served hot)

 

Drinks Made w/ Cider

Mulled Cider (served warm)

Stone Fence (Stonewall - hard cider, rum, allspice, nutmeg, white vinegar)

Sampson (cider & rum)

 

Drinks Made w/ Wine or Sack

Sangaree (mid-1700s, spiced Madeira or port wine, lemon juice, sugar, & nutmeg)

Syllabub (16th C. - frothy drink, cream & wine/sack, served cold)

Posset (frothy drink, cream, sack & eggs, served warm)

 

Drinks Made w/ Spirits

Also see History of Cocktails

Grog (rum diluted w/ water, popular w/ British sailors)

Hot Toddy (1700s - hot water, spirits & sugar)

Hot Applejack (apple brandy toddy)

Blackstrap (rum & molasses)

Mimbo (rum, water & sugar shavings)

Bombo (rum, water, molasses)

18th Century (& the Archaic Age of Cocktails 1783 - 1830)

18th Century Drinks & Beverages

Aged wine - start of wine collecting (mid 18th C,)

Madeira wine (first fortified w/ brandy 18th C.)

Fortified Sherry (first fortified w/ brandy end of 18th C.)

Cherry Bounce (homemade liqueur: morello cherries, sugar, brandy)

Syllabub (16th C. - frothy drink, cream & wine/sack, served cold)

Switchel (16th-17th C.; “Haymaker’s Punch”, vinegar, molasses, water, rum or brandy may be added)

Shrub (17th C. - 18th C., fruit vinegar mixed w/ sugar diluted w/ water, rum or brandy may be added)

Punch (17th C. - mid 18th C.)

Slings (at least as early as 1807, punch in individual servings - American, liquer, sugar, water)

Wassail Cup or Swig (Lamb's Wool & Brown Betty)

 

Warm Winter Drinks & for Holidays

Posset (cream, sack & eggs, served warm)

Flips (1695 - mulled beer w/ sugar, spices, rum, served warm)

Hot Toddy (1700s - hot water, spirits & sugar)

Mulled Wine (18th C.)

Negus (1732 - port wine, sugar, lemon, nutmeg, served warm)

Smoking Bishop (18th C. - spiced port wine w/ roasted oranges, served warm)