The Reminder by Jacob A. Didier (1909, p.131) — Didier 1909
| 1 drink | brandy — brandy | base |
| 3 sprigs | fresh mint — fresh mint | base |
| ginger ale — ginger ale | dilution | |
| 1 squirt | Seltzer water — seltzer | dilution |
| 0.5 glass | ice — fine ice | other |
| 0.5 spoonful | sugar — sugar | sweetener |
- Press the mint with the sugar and squirt of seltzer in a mixing glass.
- Add the brandy and fine ice, stir, strain into a medium size thin glass, fill up with ginger ale, and serve.
Ice: Half glass of fine ice
This matters because it keeps the muddled-mint and ginger-ale long-drink line running alongside the cleaner Rickey and Scotch highball branches.
The pressed-mint stage is the key point distinguishing this from simpler ginger-ale builds.