About the Porto Flip cocktail
The Porto Flip is a rich, old-school cocktail made with tawny port, brandy, and egg yolk instead of the more common egg white. It is creamy, warming, and dessert-like, with port’s nutty fruit and brandy’s depth bound together by the yolk’s silky texture.
Flips date back to the 1600s in the British navy, originally mixing rum, molasses, a whole egg, and warm ale. The Porto Flip was first recorded in Jerry Thomas’s 1862 Bartender’s Guide under the name Coffee Cocktail, referring to its appearance rather than any coffee in the recipe. A dry shake helps incorporate the yolk before a second shake with ice chills the drink.
