Applegreen's Bar Book by John Applegreen (1904, p.21) — Applegreen 1904
| 0.5 whole lime | Lime juice (fresh) — half a lime | acid |
| 0.5 whole lemon | Lemon juice (fresh) — half a lemon | base |
| 1 jigger | rye whiskey — Carstairs rye | base |
| Soda water — seltzer | dilution | |
| ice — shaved ice | other | |
| 1 tsp | sugar — sugar | sweetener |
- Crush the lemon, lime, and sugar well in a small mixing glass.
- Add the rye and shaved ice, shake well, and strain into a foam sour glass.
- Add a little seltzer.
Ice: Shaved ice
- Nose
- Lemon, lime, and rye rise together sharply.
- Palate
- This matters because it shows the sour family taking on more charged-water and split-citrus complexity without yet becoming a fizz or Collins.
- Finish
- The finish is tart, lively, and faintly sparkling.
- Summary
- A split-citrus rye sour on the edge of the charged-water branch.