Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.49)
| 2 dashes | lemon juice — Source says two or three dashes. | acid |
| 1 wine glass | apple brandy — apple whiskey | base |
| 1 spoonful | sugar | base |
| 1 squirt | seltzer — seltzer water | dilution |
| 0.5 glass | ice — fine ice | other |
- Dissolve the sugar and lemon juice with a squirt of seltzer water in a mixing glass half filled with fine ice.
- Add the apple whiskey, spoon well, strain into a sour glass, put in fruit, and serve.
Garnish: Fruit.
Ice: Fine ice
Daly's New Jersey comment makes this a useful regional orchard-spirit sour witness.
This is a spooned and strained sour service rather than a hard-shaken fizz-style branch.