Gene Sower

The cocktail originated directly from the punch invented in the 1620s - 1630s by supposedly sailors who improved the taste of distilled alcohol by adding citrus juice. By the mid-19th century, many local variants of punch appeared, they stopped making and serving them in large common dishes, but they began to cook and serve them individually ^[1] .

In the book of Peter Dunn in 1898, Mr. Dooley includes him in the list of the greatest (according to his assumption - American) inventions ^[2] :

I have seen America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... And her inventions - a steam locomotive, a printing press, a cotton gin , a jean sower, a bicycle, an airplane, a jukebox, a political machine, a soda machine and - the crown of our entire civilization - click-click - cash machine.

Original text

I have seen America spread out fr'm th 'Atlantic to th' Pacific ... An 'th' invintions, - th 'steam-injine an' th 'printin-press an th' cotton gin an 'the gin sour an' th 'bicycle an' th 'flying machine an' th 'nickel-in-th'-slot machine an' th ' Croker machine an' th ' sody fountain an' - crownin 'wur-ruk iv our civilization - th' cash raygister .

In the 1940s, American historian Kevin Starr included Gene Sower in

a number of drinks (gin sauer, whiskey sour , gin ricky , Tom Collins , Pink Lady and Old Fashion , of which each mark their era ^[3] .

Original text

"an array of drinks (the gin sour, the whiskey sour, the Gin Rickey , the Tom Collins , the Pink lady , the Old Fashioned ) that now seem period pieces, evocative of another era."

The 1882 edition of Johnson's book ^[4] offers the following cocktail composition:

• Gin 3/4
• 1/4 lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of sugar syrup (in the original - sugar and seltzer)
• Slice of orange
• 1-2 cherry berries

Cooked in a shaker . Serve without ice in a glass of sauer with "ice". Decorate the cocktail with a slice of orange and cherry . The addition of soda makes Genie Sauer into Gene Fiz ^[4] .