The Mixicologist by C. F. Lawlor (1895, p.45) — C. F. Lawlor 1895
| 1 piece | ice — ice | base |
| Whiskey — whiskey | base | |
| Apollinaris water — Fill up with Apollinaris water. | dilution |
- Put one piece of ice in a medium thin glass.
- Let the customer help himself to whiskey and fill up the glass with Apollinaris water.
Ice: One piece of ice
- Summary
- A customer-finished whiskey-and-mineral-water highball from the practical plain-service edge of the bar.
Splificator matters because it preserves a very casual, customer-participatory service style that sits between strict bartender formulas and plain spirit service. That kind of border form is easy to lose if we only keep polished canonical drinks.
The notable feature is not complexity but the self-pour spirit element combined with premium mineral water.
Compared with High Ball, this is even looser and more overtly customer-shaped. Compared with Brandy and Soda, the branded mineral water matters.