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Imperial Martini

Name: Imperial Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 1.25 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/24 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered green olive.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered olive.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Imperial Martini contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.37% alc./vol. (46.75° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe published in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (Second Edition). The "Imperial Cocktail" also notably features in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

IMPERIAL COCKTAIL.
½ French Vermouth
½ El Bart Gin
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Maraschino
Stir well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve with an olive.
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1917

IMPERIAL COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Maraschino.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
½ French Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Stir well and serve with olive.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Review

A Fifty Fifty Martini with a dash of aromatic bitters and subtly fruity maraschino.

Variations/similar cocktails

Imperial Cocktail

Comments & Discussion

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Egor Doroshenko 29w

Wonderful!!! But the colour on the picture is not correct: it is more yellow-brown.

Joanna Garcia 3y

enjoyable. First sip tastes like a red hot.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Very, very flavourful. The Maraschino adds a interesting hint. Was perfect before dinner.

Luke Ruppersburg 4y

This is really good. For a plain martini I normally prefer 2:1 gin to vermouth, but this makes for a very pleasing 1:1. A little sour, a little salty. I made mine with M&R extra dry but I look forward to trying it with another brand at some time in the future.