"The Captain Macedoine Cocktail" 1921 (SOLD)

Original recipe for The Captain Macedoine Cocktail as written down by William McFee (1881-1966)

William Morley Punshon McFee (15 June 1881 – 2 July 1966) was an English writer of sea stories. 

Published 1921 at the Sign of the Chorobates, New Haven

Sheet Sz: 11 1/2"H x 8 1/4"W

Frame Sz: 16"H x 12 1/2"W

The "Captain Macedoine" is a highly elusive, literary cocktail created by British author William McFee (1881–1966) in a 1921 letter to his friend, Christopher Morley. It was later privately published as a limited, 8-page Christmas pamphlet in 1930. Because the recipe is essentially a piece of 1920s literary ephemera rather than an established bartending staple, an exact, standardized ingredient list isn't widely circulated. Instead, it is treated as a historical curio by collectors.