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The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock (1917, p.44) — Country Club Style

0.5 lemonLemon juice (fresh) — Lemon Juiceacid
0.5 limeLime juice (fresh) — Lime Juicebase
1 jiggerOld Tom gin — Burnette's Old Tom Ginbase
ginger ale — Imported Ginger Aledilution
1 teaspoonfulsugar — Bar Sugarsweetener
  1. Use a large mixing glass filled with lump ice and stir well with the still ingredients.
  2. Strain into a tall, thin glass, fill with imported ginger ale, and serve.

Ice: Lump ice

This matters because Bullock preserves an early gin-and-ginger-ale highball branch under an already recognizable later name.

The imported ginger ale finish is the core of the drink's identity here.

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.72)

1 slicelemon — Lemon sliceacid
1 glassgin — Ginbase
1 large pieceice — Icebase
ginger beer — Ginger Beerother
  1. Build over ice in a tumbler, fill with ginger beer, add lemon, and serve.

Garnish: Lemon slice

Ice: Ice

See also: Brandy and Ginger Ale, Carleton Rickey