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Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.76) — Lowe 1904

2 tspLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
ice — shaved icebase
1 tspJamaica rum base
0.5 wine-glassrye whiskey — rye whiskeybase
Soda water — seltzerdilution
1 tspAbricotine — abricotinemodifier
0.5 wine-glassSherry wine — sherry winemodifier
1 tspClaret wine — claretother
1 tsppineapple syrup — pineapple syrupsweetener
2 tspSimple syrup (1:1) — syrupsweetener
  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
Apricot, citrus, and wine lift above the glass.
Palate
This is useful because it records a fully ornamented sour in which whiskey, fortified wine, apricot cordial, and floated claret all coexist inside sour service logic.
Finish
The finish is fruity, layered, and faintly sparkling.
Summary
A highly ornamented wine-and-whiskey sour from the decorative branch.

See also: Golf Links Sour, Whiskey Sour