Fancy Gin Cocktail

It’s in Jerry Thomas’ 1862 edition of How to Mix Drinks where you’ll find a…

Holland House

This classic Holland House recipe is as obscure a classic as you get (there’s mention of it with gin in the Savoy Cocktail Book, and earlier on, in Kappeler’s 1895 Modern American Drinks calls for rye whiskey), but with genever in the mix the drink sings.