Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.26) — Lowe 1904
| 1.5 jigger | rye whiskey — rye whiskey | base |
| 2 teaspoon | Simple syrup (1:1) — syrup | base |
| 1 dash | orange bitters — orange bitters | bitter |
| 2 dash | Peychaud's bitters — Angostura or Peychaud's bitters | bitter |
| 1 dash | Soda water — Apollinaris or seltzer | dilution |
| Seasonal fruit — fruit | garnish | |
| 0.5 teaspoon | Apricot liqueur — abricotine | modifier |
| 0.5 jigger | Sherry wine — sherry wine | modifier |
| 1 teaspoon | pineapple syrup — pineapple syrup | sweetener |
- Stir the syrups, bitters, sherry, and rye whiskey with ice in a mixing glass.
- Strain into a cocktail glass rinsed with a little abricotine.
- Dash with Apollinaris or seltzer, dress with fruit, and serve.
Garnish: Fruit
- Nose
- Pineapple, apricot, rye spice, and fortified wine rise together.
- Palate
- Old Sport is useful because it preserves the ornate fruit-syrup side of the cocktail world at the same moment other branches were moving toward drier restraint.
- Finish
- The finish is rich, spicy, and faintly sparkling.
- Summary
- An ornate rye-and-sherry cocktail from the decorative late bar branch.