Apple Jack Sour — The Cocktail Ontologist

Family

How to Mix Drinks: Bar Keepers' Handbook by Winter (1884, p.28) — Bar Keepers' Handbook 1884

4 dash	lemon juice — Three or four dashes.	acid
1 wine glass	apple brandy	base
0.5 tablespoon	sugar	base
1 squirt	seltzer	dilution
	Seasonal fruit — fruit	garnish

Dissolve sugar and lemon juice with a squirt of seltzer, add apple brandy and fine ice, mix well, strain into a sour glass, ornament with fruit, and serve.

Garnish: Seasonal fruit

Ice: Fine ice

The Complete Buffet Guide by V. B. Lewis (1903, p.69) — V. B. Lewis 1903

2.5 dash	Lemon juice (fresh) — lemon or lime juice	acid
1 wine-glass	Applejack — old apple jack	base
0.5 glass	ice — shaved ice	base
	Seasonal fruit — fruit	garnish
2 teaspoon	sugar — sugar	sweetener

Fill the glass half full with shaved ice.
Add the sugar in a little water, the lemon or lime juice, and the old apple jack and stir well.
Strain into a sour glass, dress with fruit, and serve.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Shaved ice

Nose: Apple spirit and citrus define the drink.
Palate: Lewis keeps the sour structure simple but confirms that applejack still occupied a live place in the family rather than being a vanished relic.
Finish: The finish is crisp, fruity, and lightly tart.
Summary: An applejack sour preserving the orchard branch of the family.

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.65)

2 teaspoon	lemon juice — Lemon juice	acid
1 wine-glass	Applejack — Apple jack	base
0.67 glass	ice — Ice	base
1 dash	seltzer — Seltzer water	dilution
	fruit — Fruit	garnish
1 teaspoon	pineapple syrup — Pineapple syrup	sweetener
1 teaspoon	simple syrup — Syrup	sweetener

Stir the ice, syrups, lemon juice, and apple jack well, strain into a medium thin glass, dash with seltzer water, add fruit, and serve.

Ice: Ice

See also: Brandy Sour, Sour Family