"Clarke's Complete Cellarman", 1830

I was perusing http://books.google.com/ when I found the following:

"Clarke's Complete Cellarman: The Publican and Innkeeper's Practical Guide", by William Clarke.

Published: 1830.

It contains recipes for Shrub, Punch, Milk Punch, Bitters, Cordials and how to remove the blackness from hollands gin should you happen to drop an iron nail into it!-)

And best of all it was a British publication!!!

Look for it on http://books.google.com/

or use this link.

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC19239987&id=YGoAx-x6pNgC&pg=PR6&lpg=PR8&dq=bitters&as_brr=1

Cheers!

George S.

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http://www.wiki.webtender.com/wiki/

Funny, I thought a Rusty Nail was made with scotch, not gin.

:wink:

Clarke's Complete Cellarman is a great book on the historical practices of Publicans and Innkeepers, Another favorite in my collection are a Bon Vivants companion.

"The vintner's, brewer's, spirit merchant's, and licensed victualler's guide;
by a practical man", By Vintner, 1826.

http://books.google.com/books?vid=02Jt5WLpajnejRSP&id=w3AqcyOFlcIC&printsec=titlepage

The 1826 and 1830 books are available as FREE downloadable PDFs!

Cheers!

George S.

g.sinclair[at]yahoo.co.uk

http://www.wiki.webtender.com/wiki/

Also on Goggle Books is Workshop Receipts (1892) with recipes for 15 different bitters. Made the Boker's Bitters sometime ago-highly recommended.

http://books.google.com/books?vid=0s36JTtodnkZE7A6&id=Uc4BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=hunting+flask&as_brr=1

Looking for hunting flasks and you found this book!?!

It's strange how search engines work!-)

Yes very strange, though I did find this great receipt for Whiskey Punch from "Cups and their Customs" (1863):

http://books.google.com/books?vid=0s36JTtodnkZE7A6&id=Uc4BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=hunting+flasks&as_brr=1

If you do a search for "brandy cloves" or "rum lemon" or other random ingredients you can usually find interesting punch and drink recipes from early 19th century cookbooks and formula encyclopedia. Cheers!

[ Edited by: Atomic Cocktail 2006-10-21 10:46 ]