Looking for the perfect summer mocktail? I found a great recipe in a hundred-year-old magazine that fits the bill. Country Club Shake combines orange juice, white grape juice, and ginger ale to create a sunny, sophisticated, nonalcoholic drink.
1919 was the heyday of mocktails, and Country Club Shake is one of the best. Prohibition was slated to begin in January, 1920 – and, in preparation, magazines contained lots of nonalcoholic drink options.
Here’s the recipe updated for modern cooks:
Country Club Shake (Mocktail)
1 cup orange juice
1 cup white grape juice
1 cup ginger ale
2 tablespoons sugar syrup (see recipe below)
4 tablespoons cracked ice
orange slices or other fruit for garnishing, optional
Combine all ingredients, and serve. If desired, serve on ice, and garnish with orange slices or other fruit.
Sugar Syrup
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup warm water
Put the sugar in a sauce pan. Pour the warm water over the sugar, and stir. Let sit a few minutes until the sugar is dissolved, then using medium heat bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Store in a covered jar for use when needed.
A Hundred Years Ago 
It really sounds refreshing and it’s so pretty!
Great recipe. Pity we can’t get grape juice in Australia.
Is it simply unavailable in Australia? That strikes me as odd as you have vineyards there.
It might be sold at some shop that specialises in USA products, but it is not routinely available here. Wine is a different matter!
Wow. I would have figured grape juice was available everywhere.
Out of curiosity, what’s the status of that American staple, peanut butter, down there?
Somehow, I see some folks figuring out a way to slip something obtained from somewhere into that mocktail. 🙂
I think a lot of that likely occurred.
It does sound refreshing, and maybe even tastier than a Shirley Temple.
I must try this…perfect for deck or poolside summertime refreshment.
Really liked hearing about the 1919 preparation for prohibition with magazines publishing non-alcoholic drink options. Wonderful recipe, I’m going to try it. Thanks Sheryl.
Looks really good!!
This one I’m saving! May just make it because…:)
This one I’m going to try! It’s so warm here that after being out in the heat,a glass of this truly would be refreshing!! I think I’ll leave out the sugar though. Thanks for sharing!
“Prohibition was slated to begin in January, 1920”. The start of Prohibition is actually a really confusing story. Wartime prohibition, under a Federal law that was passed in 1918, started on July 1, 1919, even though the war was over. It had been ostensibly passed to save grains for food. The bill wasn’t clear however and the Attorney General wasn’t completely certain if it applied to beer and wine. It banned alcohol that had a content basically over 2%.
At the same time, a large number of states had passed individual acts enacting Prohibition so by this date in 1919 a lot of states were dry under their own recent statutes, including such states as Colorado and Wyoming which aren’t really thought of as temperance states. An entry on the “Thirsty First” in Wyoming is here, complete with an unusual newspaper front page: https://lexanteinternet.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-1-wyomings-state-prohibition-act.html
The Volstead Act to enforce the 18th Amendment was just introduced in congress on June 27, and it would come into effect in 1920.
Interesting news–I find much of history is kind of muddled.
This looks so refreshing! I love coming up with ‘mixed drink’ (non-alcoholic) recipes. My kids were always ready and willing to try the next one. I think they’d love this!