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The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock (1917, p.52) — Country Club Style

1 dashLemon juice (fresh) — Lemon Juicebase
1 jiggerOld Tom gin — Burnette's Old Tom Ginbase
1 ponymilk dilution
1 dashSeltzer water — Seltzer Waterdilution
1 whiteegg white — White of Eggother
1 dashorange flower water — Orange Waterother
1 teaspoonfulsugar — Powdered Sugarsweetener
  1. Shake well with ice.
  2. Strain into a highball glass and serve.

Ice: 1 lump ice

This matters because Bullock gives us a specific Country Club Ramos branch rather than generic Ramos lore.

The milk and orange-water detail are central to this variant's identity and should not be blurred into a generic gin fizz.

Cocktails Bar La Florida by Constante Ribalaigua Vert (1934, p.164)

0.5 juicelemon juice acid
2 ouncesgin — Gordon ginbase
0.5 ouncecream — fresh creamother
1 teaspoonorange-flower water other
1 teaspoonalmond syrup sweetener
  1. Shake very well and strain.

Ice: Cracked ice

Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em by Stanley Clisby Arthur (1938, p.44)

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
0.5 limelime juice — Lime juiceacid
1 jiggerdry gin — Dry ginbase
1 tbsppowdered sugar — Powdered sugarbase
1 dashSeltzer water — Seltzer waterdilution
1 jiggercream — Rich milk or creamother
1 wholeegg white — Egg whiteother
4 dashorange flower water — Orange flower waterother
2 dashvanilla extract — Vanilla extractother
  1. Combine the ingredients in the order given in a tall bar glass.
  2. Add crushed ice that is coarse enough to help whip the egg and cream.
  3. Shake long and steadily until the mixture gets body, then strain into a tall thin serving glass and serve.

Arthur gives a detailed origin story linking the drink to Henry C. Ramos and the Hotel Roosevelt succession.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Silver Fizz, Durkee Cocktail