{{Short description, Cocktail
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William "Cocktail" Boothby
William Thomas "Cocktail Bill" Boothby (November 10, 1862 – August 4, 1930) was an American bartender and writer of San Francisco, California in the years before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He tended bar for many years at San ...
's 1908 work, The World's Drinks And How To Mix ThemBoothby, William "Cocktail". ''The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them'', 1908. Photographed at the San Francisco Public Library Historical Materials Collectio on December 28, 2006. as "A swell after-dinner drink."
Into a small mixing-glass place a little cracked ice, two-thirds of a Pony glass, pony of
, one-third of a pony of Kümmel and seven drops (no more) of
Crème de menthe
Crème de menthe (, French for "mint cream") is a sweet, mint-flavored alcoholic beverage. It is available commercially in a colorless version (called "white") and a green version (colored by the mint leaves or by added coloring if made from ext ...
. Twist and throw in a piece of lemon peel (a la cocktail). Stir thoroughly until cold and serve in a pony-glass.
This is a most seductive after-dinner beverage, and it was originated by Mr. Dennis O'Sullivan, the well-known mixologist, several years ago, and is still very popular with many connoisseurs and clubmen."