The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
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Gin Sour.

(Use small bar-glass.)

  • Take 1 large tea-spoonful of white sugar dissolved in a little Seltzer or Apollinaris water.
  • Take 2 or 3 dashes of lemon juice.
  • Take 1 wine-glass of Holland or Old Tom gin.

Fill the glass full of shaved ice, shake up, and strain into a claret glass. Dress the top with orange, or pineapple and berries.