Ale Flip

Ingredients

1.5 oz.	Dark Rum (or Brandy)
8 oz.	Dark Beer
1 oz.	Brown Sugar Syrup
1	Egg
Garnish	Grated Nutmeg

Directions

• Combine the Rum and Brown Sugar Syrup in a Cup
• Crack the Egg into another Glass and Beat
• Pour the Beer in a Small Pot over low heat until it steams and froths
• Pour the Warm Beer into the Glass with Rum
• Pour that Glass into the Glass with Egg
• Pour the back and forth between the Glasses until smooth
• Pour the Contents into a Mug
• Garnish with Grated Nutmeg

The Ale Flip is another old cocktail from 1600’s Colonial America. Like many other older cocktails, it was sometimes prescribed to treat various medical ailments such as insomnia and indigestion, which probably didn’t help that much.