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Ardsley Cooler

Grohusko's Ardsley Cooler is a dry-gin and ginger-ale cooler served with mint at the nose.

dry · minty · gingery · refreshing · summer

Served in Large thin glass. Ice: Lump ice.

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Variants (2)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.34)

1 portiondry gin — Source gives 100% dry gin.base
1 large pieceice base
1 bottleimported ginger ale dilution
1 large spraymint other
  1. Build the ice, mint, dry gin, and ginger ale in a large thin glass.
  2. Serve with the nose to the mint.

Garnish: Mint spray

Ice: Lump ice

Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub (1913, p.55) — Straub 1913

1 jiggerTom gin — Tom Ginbase
1 pintginger ale — Schweppes Ginger Aledilution
1 large bunchmint other
  1. Build over one lump of ice in a Collins glass.
  2. Serve with a large bunch of mint.

Garnish: Large bunch of mint

Ice: 1 lump of ice

This is useful because it keeps the cooler family distinct from Collins by showing a more directly built ginger-ale service with heavy mint garnish.

See also: Hillycroft Cooler, Tom Collins

Source says to drink with the nose to the mint.