The Cocktail Book a Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen (1901, p.58)
| 2 dashes | lemon juice | acid |
| 0.5 | lime — Half a lime squeezed into the glass. | base |
| 1 wine glass | Scotch whisky — Scotch whiskey | base |
| Soda water — siphon | dilution | |
| 1 lump | ice | other |
- Squeeze half a lime into a medium-sized tumbler and add the lemon juice, Scotch whisky, and lump of ice.
- Fill with siphon.
Ice: One lump
This is a useful Scotch highball/rickey border drink in a domestic 1901 context.
The hybrid lime-plus-lemon structure makes it more than a straightforward whisky rickey.