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Highball · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Auditorium Cooler

Lowe's Auditorium Cooler is a simple lemon-and-ginger-ale cooler with fruit and berries.

ginger · citrus · refreshing · summer · refreshing · casual

Served in Large bar glass.

Family

Variants (3)

Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.13) — Lowe 1904

1 wholeLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juicebase
1 bottleginger ale — cold ginger aledilution
Seasonal fruit — berries and fruitgarnish
1 teaspoonsugar — white sugarsweetener
  1. Add the lemon juice and sugar to a large bar glass.
  2. Fill with cold ginger ale, stir, decorate with berries and fruit, and serve.

Garnish: Berries and fruit

Nose
Ginger and lemon lead the aroma.
Palate
Lowe's cooler is very simple, but it shows just how thoroughly ginger ale had become a professional long-drink base by 1904.
Finish
The finish is brisk, gingery, and citric.
Summary
A ginger-ale cooler from the stripped-back refreshment branch.

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.34)

1 lemonlemon juice — Juice of one lemon.base
1 dashAngostura bitters bitter
1 bottleginger ale dilution
fruit — fruit and berriesgarnish
10 dashesRaspberry syrup sweetener
  1. Build the lemon juice, raspberry syrup, bitters, and ginger ale in a glass.
  2. Stir well, ornament with fruit and berries, and serve.

Garnish: Fruit and berries

Wet Drinks For Dry People by William C. Feery (1932) — Feery 1932, home-supplies opening run

1 limeLime juice (fresh) — lime juiceacid
2 ounceLondon dry gin — ginbase
fillLondon dry gin — gingeralebase
1 tablespoonPineapple juice dilution
1 teaspoonsugar sweetener
  1. Fill the remainder of the glass with ice and gingerale, stir, and serve.

See also: Ardsley Cooler, Boston Cooler

Ornament with fruit and berries.