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Lincoln Club Cooler

Aperitivo/aperitif · Elevenses/afternoon · Long drinks and highballs

3.8 50 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Light gold rum 1-3yo
4 oz Ginger ale
1 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

  1. 3 POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  2. 4 Briefly STIR.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour profile

10.5% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 174 calories

History

A rum and ginger ale Highball, with the Lincoln Club Cooler having more appeal.

George J. Kappeler's 1895 book, Modern American Drinks, includes a recipe for this cocktail. Kappeler specified St. Croix rum in his original version. Lincoln Club Cooler. Place a lump of ice in a tall, slender Collins glass. Add one pony of St. Croix rum, then top with a cold bottle of imported ginger ale. Serve.