Brandy Flip

Recipe

"Jerry Thomas' Bartending Guide" (1887)

(Use large bar-glass)

• Take 1 tea-spoonful powdered sugar
• 1 wine-glass of brandy
• ½ wine-glass of water
• 1 fresh egg
• 2 lumps of ice

Dissolve the sugar in the water, add the brandy, egg, and ice, shake up thoroughly, strain into a small bar-glass. Serve with a little nutmeg on top.

Another Version

• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons caster sugar
• 2 measures brandy
• Grated nutmeg

Shake the ingredients well with ice and strain into a tumbler. Sprinkle a little grated nutmeg on top.