> If I remember correctly, a "Press" (aka a "Presbyterian") consists of
> whiskey, ginger ale, and club soda. Working in Miami I don't make too
> many of those.
>
> david
This is exactly right. To shed a little more light on it, it comes from when
ginger ale had a MUCH stronger flavor (more along the lines of ginger beer),
too much for some folk, and so they cut it with extra soda water.
I actually have people ask for vodka presses occasionally what they typically
expect is half lemon-lime soda (Sprite), and half soda water. Don't ask me
how this bastardization came about, but it did.