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The Reminder by Jacob A. Didier (1909, p.87) — Didier 1909

2 dashesLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
1 small pieceice — icebase
ginger ale — ginger aledilution
2 dashesAbricotine — abricotinemodifier
1 wineglasskummel — The OCR is damaged here, but the core kummel measure is clear enough to preserve.modifier
2 dashespineapple syrup — pineapple syrupsweetener
  1. Build over the ice with abricotine, lemon juice, pineapple syrup, and kummel.
  2. Fill the glass with ginger ale, stir lightly, and serve.

Ice: 1 small piece

This is a useful working-bar hybrid: part cordial highball, part restorative bracer. It shows how heavily sweetened liqueur-and-mixer drinks still sat beside the drier Rickey line in 1909.

See also: Roman Highball, Mamie Taylor