About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.18) — Shaughnessy Golf Club
| 1 measure per person | gin | base |
| 1 lemon | lemon juice — Juice of one lemon | base |
| 0.5 measure per person | cream — Add cream last. | other |
| 2 tablespoonfuls | Confectioner's sugar | sweetener |
- Shake the lemon juice and sugar with ice.
- Add gin and shake again, then add cream last and shake well.
Ice: Ice
This matters because it preserves a club favorite cream-finished gin sour in a social source rather than a strict bar manual.
The source explicitly warns to add the cream last.