Garnish:
Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
1/2 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
1/2 fl oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
1/4 fl oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
1/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
1/12 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) (optional) |
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AKA:
Periodista (Journalist in Spanish)
Review:
Like some journalists I've met, this cocktail is bitter and sour, so a sweetener is called for (– an optional splash of sugar syrup).
History:
Adapted from the following recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
JOURNALIST COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
2 dashes Lemon Juice.
2 dashes Curaçao.
1 dash Angostura Bitters.
1/6 French Vermouth.
1/6 Italian Vermouth.
2/3 Gordon's Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of The Journalist contains 167 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 23.27% alc./vol. (46.54° proof)
- 21.6 grams of pure alcohol
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