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The 'Blackthorne Sour' is included in the main text, suggesting the former as something of an afterthought.

The 'Blackthorne Cocktail' appears in the Addenda and includes a 2:1 ratio of sloe gin to dry vermouth. Another early print version of the vermouth dominant version appears in J. Straubs Manual of Mixed Drinks published in 1913 includes the 'Blackthorne Cocktail' with orange bitters, dry vermouth and sloe gin. Another cocktail called 'Blackthorn' is included in the sours section, and closely matches Maloney's 1900 version. It has equal parts Italian vermouth and sloe gin, while adding lemon juice, two kinds of bitters and syrup. Īmong the first printed versions of the cocktail is in the 1906 How to Mix Drinks. Joe Fitchett's 1925 recipe omits pineapple syrup. Maloney (1900) included a drink with sloe gin, apricot brandy, citrus juice and pineapple syrup. In The 20th Century Guide for Mixing Fancy Drinks by James C. The 'Blackthorne Sour' was among the earliest and most widespread. The name Blackthorn/Blackthorne was assigned to several cocktails, nearly all of which used sloe gin as its base. The blackthorn is another name for Prunus spinosa, the plant whose fruit is called 'sloes.' Those sloes are infused in gin to create sloe gin, which gives the gin version of the cocktail its name. Bill Boothby's World Drinks and How to Mix Them (1934) includes five different 'Blackthorn' cocktails. While these two version are the dominant ones today, there were several variations that early 20th century bartenders would have been aware of. Both versions emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Blackthorn is an Irish whiskey or sloe gin based cocktail. Add ice and stir until chilled, then add strain into a chilled glass. Fill mixing glass with gin, vermouth, and bitters.

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