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Damn-The-Weather Cocktail

11 August, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 3 comments

Damn-The-Weather Cocktail
3 Dashes Curacao. (Brizard Orange Curacao)
1/4 Orange Juice. (3/4 oz fresh Orange Juice)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso Vermouth)
1/2 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Tanqueray Gin)
(Dash Regan’s Orange Bitters.)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
If there is any single type of Savoy Cocktail Book cocktail that I’m getting a bit bored with, it’s [...]

Curacao Cocktail

9 August, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Curacao Cocktail (6 People)
½ Glass Brandy (1/4 oz Maison Surenne Petit Cognac)
2 1/2 Glasses Dark Curacao (1 oz Brizard Orange Curacao)
2 1/2 Glasses Orange Juice (1 oz Orange Juice)
1/2 Glass Gin. (1/4 oz Bombay Gin)
Broken Ice.
Shake and serve in glasses rinsed out with Orange Bitters (Regan’s).
Going with the 2 oz per glass, and then dividing [...]

Crystal Bronx Cocktail

3 August, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Crystal Bronx Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Orange. (Valencia)
1/4 French Vermouth. (3/4 oz Noilly Pratt Dry)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso)
1 Lump Ice.
Use medium-size glass and fill up with Soda Water.
Seems like something is missing from this cocktail!
Like, the other 1/2!
Anyway, even though I find no recipes which call for it, I wouldn’t blame you [...]

Church Parade Cocktail

8 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 1 comment

Church Parade Cocktail
2/3 Plymouth Gin (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
1 Dash Orange Curacao (1/3 tsp. Brizard Orange Curacao)
4 Dashes Orange Juice (1 1/3 tsp. Orange Juice)
1/3 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass
After the last few “cocktails” I was kind of excited that I would get to make [...]

Chorus Lady Cocktail

6 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Chorus Lady Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Orange
1/3 Dry Gin (1 oz BlueCoat Gin)
1/3 Italian Vermouth (1 oz Cinzano Rosso)
1/3 French Vermouth (1 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
Shake well and strain into medium-size glass. Add slice of orange and a cherry. (Uh, oops, I forgot to add a “flag” and instead used an orange twist [...]

Appetiser Cocktail

25 January, 2008 (11:58) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Appetiser Cocktail
1/2 Gin. (1 1/2 oz Beefeater Gin)
1/2 Dubonnet. (1 1/2 oz Dubonnet Rouge)
The Juice of 1/2 Orange.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
This was OK; but, I liked it better with a dash or two of Angostura bitters, (which, in the world of the Savoy, probably makes it a different drink). It’s not as [...]