Sherry Cobbler

The Sherry Cobbler is a tall, frosty 19th-century cooler — fortified sherry sweetened with a little sugar, muddled with orange and lemon, shaken and poured over a mound of crushed ice, then crowned with seasonal fruit and mint. It was arguably America's most popular drink from the 1840s to the 1880s, immortalized when Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit fell for it and codified in Jerry Thomas's 1862 guide. Low in proof and built for sipping through a straw, it remains the genre-defining cobbler.

RefreshingClassicLow ABV

Ingredients

  • 3 ozAmontillado Sherry
  • 0.5 ozSimple Syrup
  • 2 pieceOrange Wheel(muddled)
  • 1 pieceLemon Wheel(muddled)optional

Garnish: Mint Sprig, Orange Wheel

Preparation

Shaken · Highball · Crushed

  1. 1.

    muddle

    Lightly muddle the orange (and lemon) wheels with the simple syrup in a shaker.

  2. 2.

    add

    Add the amontillado sherry and fill the shaker with ice.

  3. 3.

    shake

    Shake briefly to chill and integrate.

  4. 4.

    strain

    Pour, unstrained, into a highball glass packed with crushed ice.

  5. 5.

    garnish

    Crown with a mint sprig and seasonal fruit (an orange slice or berries). Serve with a straw.

Flavor Profile

dilution
44%
umami
34%
earthy
27%
funky
27%
sweet
22%
fruity
21%
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