This drink, properly a Sling rather than a Cocktail, seems to have been a house specialty at Baracca’s. It appears from the start in JM 1908 and continues to the end, though, unlike the Brooklyn Cocktail, it is not picked up by Straub. The 1933 recipe raises a few questions, for instance, the type of glass. This is answered by an instruction omitted after 1908:
Notice Ballor Vermouth is a sweet, not a dry as in the 1933 edition; in fact, all earlier editions call for some kind of Italian vermouth. Also, using a champagne glass, that is, something more ample than a 2-3 oz cocktail coupe, makes sense. The bowl of such a glass should be about 5-6 oz, and one should be able to stir the contents without difficulty or disaster, thus a thin punch glass or footed highball or small goblet as for a Singapore Sling.
My interpretation:
2 T lime juice
1.5 oz Benedictine
1.5 oz Martini & Rossi Rosso
Build drink in glass with large ice cube, stir, top up with soda. Garnish with pineapple slice.
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