Savoy Tango

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 1⁄3 oz Hayman's Sloe Gin
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of float thin (dehydrated) red-skinned apple slice.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Just two ingredients but, as Jason E. Clapham told me, "a drink that is more than the sum of its parts."

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History:

Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book and kindly brought to my attention by Jason E. Clapham of the St. Edward's MCR at Oxford. The fact that Craddock says it originated at The Savoy, but neither takes credit nor credits a colleague, leads me to suspect this cocktail was created by Ada "Coley" Coleman.

SAVOY TANGO COCKTAIL.
½ Sloe Gin.
½ Applejack or Calvados.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
This cocktail is a very great favourite at the Savoy Hotel, London, where it was invented.

Harry Craddock, 1930
More cocktails by Ada 'Coley' Coleman

Nutrition:

One serving of Savoy Tango contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 24.26% alc./vol. (24.26° proof)
  • 19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Nuno Mesquita’s Avatar Nuno Mesquita
29th January 2023 at 17:20
More boozy than what I usually look for with calvados and sloe, but surprising in the balance. The sweetness of both spirits make it dangerously easy to drink. Not sure about the garnish, would go for something more citrus for balance.
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