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Sherry Cobbler
Sherry with sugar and citrus wheels over crushed ice, piled with fruit and drunk through a straw. Light, fruity and low in alcohol.
- Base
- Sherry
- Glass
- Wine glass
- Method
- Build
- Strength
- 11.88% ABV
Ingredients
Servings
- 45 mlAmontillado sherry
- 45 mlPalo Cortado
- 1 tspSuperfine Sugar
- 0.5 wheelOrange Wheel
- 0.5 wheelLemon Wheel
How to make
Technique
Build · 10–15sBuilding straight in the glass keeps it simple and preserves any fizz.
- Combine sherry, sugar and 2 quarter wheels each of orange and lemon in a shaker with ice, shake briskly, strain into a Julep cocktail cup filled with crushed ice.
Serve
Glass
Wine glassAlso fine: Large wine glass, Goblet, Copa glass
Garnish
Garnish with fresh berries, ¼ wheel each orange and lemon. Serve with straws.Built tall on the crushed ice, with the straws pushed in first.
Taste & nutrition
11.88%ABV
121kcal
0.95Drinks
StrengthLight
Sweet to dryBalanced
Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.
Good to know
- Use freshly squeezed juice — bottled tastes flat.
History
Year1830s–40s
PlaceUSA
Created byUnknown
The Sherry Cobbler — sherry, sugar and orange over mountains of crushed ice — was a runaway hit in 1830s America. It helped popularise the drinking straw and inspired "American bars" to open around the world. Charles Dickens even gave it a memorable mention in his fiction. Low in alcohol and endlessly refreshing, it is a Victorian classic worth reviving.
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