Family

Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.75) — Lowe 1904

2 tspLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
ice — shaved icebase
1 dashJamaica rum base
0.5 wine-glassrye whiskey — rye whiskeybase
Soda water — seltzerdilution
1 tspAbricotine — abricotinemodifier
1 tspClaret wine — claretother
0.5 wine-glassSweet Catawba wine — sweet Catawbaother
1 tsppineapple syrup — pineapple syrupsweetener
2 tspsugar — sugarsweetener
  1. Stir the ingredients with shaved ice and strain into a sour glass with fruit.
  2. Dash with seltzer, float a teaspoonful of claret on top, and serve.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Shaved ice

Nose
Citrus, wine, and whiskey mingle with a faint berry-claret lift.
Palate
This entry matters because it shows the sour family branching into highly dressed wine-floated forms rather than remaining a simple lemon-and-base template.
Finish
The finish is fruity, wine-tinted, and softly sparkling.
Summary
A dressed wine-floated sour from the late ornamental branch.

See also: Victorie Sour, Whiskey Sour