Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender by Wm. T. Boothby (1891, p.23)
| 1 lemon | lemon juice — juice of one lemon | acid |
| 1 jigger | genever — Holland gin | base |
| ginger ale — Used to fill after straining. | dilution | |
| 1 dessertspoon | sugar | sweetener |
- Shake the sugar, lemon juice, gin, and ice.
- Strain into a thin glass and fill with ginger ale.
This is a helpful transition point from plain carbonated sour logic into the branded-mixer long-drink world.
Only the finishing mixer changes, but that change materially shifts the drink's service identity.