COCKTAIL · Classic cocktails
Mamie Taylor
PUBLISHED · 19 Oct 2026
Scotch, lime and ginger beer: a long, spicy highball named for a turn-of-the-century actress.
Scotch, lime and ginger beer: a long, spicy highball named for a turn-of-the-century actress.
INGREDIENTS
- Blended Scotch45 ml
- Lime juice20 ml
- Ginger beerto top
- Lime wedgeto garnish
Build the Scotch and lime juice in a highball over ice. Top with ginger beer, stir once and garnish with a lime wedge.
- CREATED
- 1899
- CREATOR
- Unknown
- STATE
- United States
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York
The Mamie Taylor was invented in 1899 in Rochester, New York, and spread so quickly that bartenders reportedly raised its price to discourage orders. It mixes Scotch whisky, lime juice and ginger beer, and its name is linked to a Broadway star of the period. The drink appears in Albert Stevens Crockett’s 1935 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book but never recovered from Prohibition.
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