Flip

Name: Flip
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces desired liquor (brandy, sherry, port, and so forth); 1 small egg; 1 teaspoon superfine sugar; 1/2 ounce heavy cream (optional); Freshly ground nutmeg

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Total: Under 5 mins Active: Under 5 mins

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Ingredients (5)

1 1/2 ounces desired liquor (brandy, sherry, port, and so forth)
1 small egg
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
1/2 ounce heavy cream (optional)
Freshly ground nutmeg

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In an “iron flip dog,” eggs, sugar, cream, spices, molasses, and even pumpkin are scalded in a mug using a hot fireplace poker. Any number of alcohols is then added. Few mixed drinks have the lineage of a flip. It was first mentioned in England in 1685, and Ishmael expounds upon its virtues in Moby Dick. When eggs were added, the flip was called a “Yard of Flannel,” alluding to the flannel-like surface caused by the cooked eggs. The heated flip has all but vanished, and the drink has literally taken a polar flip, since it is now served as a chilled cocktail. The iron pokers were also known as loggerheads; the expression “at loggerheads,” used for being in a heated dispute, derives from the heated discussions born of a surfeit of flips.

Hot pokers are not common bar tools anymore, so a true flip would be best sampled at home.

A flip should be frothy; it is therefore important to shake it vigorously.

from: Field Guide to Cocktails by Rob Chirico

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Instructions

1Shake the liquor, egg, sugar, and cream very well with ice to emulsify the egg; then strain into a sour or wine glass. Dust with nutmeg.

Variation:

Hot Brandy Flip: Beat brandy, egg, and sugar in a mug. Fill with hot milk, and garnish with nutmeg.

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