Corpse Reviver No 1

While there is nothing medicinal about this cocktail, despite its intended use to cure hangovers, there was plenty of medical drama when Downton Abbey housed a convalescence hospital for injured soldiers and Isobel Crawley helped out at the village hospital. This drink became popular when it was published in Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book with this prescription: “To be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are n