Knockout Martini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (7 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
14 oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
14 oz Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of mint leaf.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with mint leaf floated in the centre of the cocktail.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

A Wet Martini with hints of aniseed and mint. Stir well as it benefits from dilution.

View readers' comments

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry MacElhone's 1922 Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails and his 1923 Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails.

Knock-out Cocktail.
⅓ Gin, ⅓ French Vermouth, ⅓ Absinthe, 1 teaspoon-ful of White Mint.

Harry MacElhone, Harry's of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails, 1923

Nutrition:

One serving of Knockout Martini contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 25.15% alc./vol. (25.15° proof)
  • 26.4 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the discussion

Showing 1 comment for Knockout Martini.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
8th March at 04:27
I just wasted the rest of a bottle of Ford's working through fixing the flaws here (groan). I'm close... I settled on 50:40:15, though that vermouth could probably drop another 5-10 ml... Too much absinthe in the original recipe. Dropped it by half second try, still a bit much. Third time, just spritzed the glass with it, but that was a little too far. Maybe 2.5 ml is ideal. I don't know. I've run out of gin, folks.