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The Proper Cocktail
Flips
A flip is a class of mixed drinks. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was first used in 1695 to describe a mixture of beer, rum, and sugar, heated with a red-hot iron ("Thus we live at sea; eat biscuit, and drink flip"). The iron caused the drink to froth, and this frothing (or "flipping") engendered the name. Over time, eggs were added and the proportion of sugar increased, the beer was eliminated, and the drink ceased to be served hot.
Colleen Bawn
Like many others, the true origin is lost in history, it was first found in cocktail books in the earily 1900's. Colleen Bawn, the cocktail was believed to be inspired by a famous Irish murder.

Bartending
Colleen Bawn Recipe
Martini Glass, Chilled
1 ounce Rittenhouse Rye
1 ounce Benedictine
1 ounce Yellow Chartreuse
1 Egg
Grated Nutmeg and Cinnamon to garnish
Mixology
Stinger Recipe
Mixing Glass
1 ounce Brandy
1/4 ounce White Crème de Menthe
Add Ice
Stir and Strain
Cocktail Glass
Garnish with Mint Sprig
Flip Recipe
Gaelic Flip
Brandy Flip
Fort Washington Flip
French Toast Flip
Rum Flip
Port Wine Flip
Sherry Flip
Sleeper
Nogs
Nogs are flips with cream and better named flips. Traditional nogs are made with egg, milk, sugar, and base spirit. As an English creation, it descended from a hot British drink called posset, which consists of eggs, milk, and ale or wine. The recipe for eggnog (eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and some kind of spirit) has traveled well, adapting to local tastes wherever it has landed. In the American South, bourbon replaced ale (though nog, the British slang for strong ale, stuck).
Bourbon Nog
The first references to the Alexander was in 1910 and 1915, both cocktails were vastly different. In Jack's Manuel of 1910, a cocktail is named Alexander using a combination of Rye Whisky and Benedictine. Hugo Ensslin in 1915, coined a cocktail called the Alexander which was a combination of Gin, Creme de Cocoa, and Sweet Cream. Alexanders are also knowned as Princess Mary. Today, we see many variations of this cocktail: Brandy Alexander subsitutes the Gin for Brandy, Coffee Alexander subsitutes the brandy with coffee liquor, Blue Alexander subsitutes the creme de cocoa with blue Caracua.

Bartending
Mixology
Bourbon Nog
Bourbon Nog
Martini glass, frozen
3/4 ounce Gin
3/4 ounce Brown Crème de Cocoa
3/4 ounces cream
Shake and strain
Nutmeg
Martini glass, frozen
3/4 ounce Gin
3/4 ounce Brown Crème de Cocoa
3/4 ounces cream
Shake and strain
Nutmeg