Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
1/24 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
2 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
2 dash | La Fée Parisienne absinthe |
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Review:
Chilled, diluted and very subtly sweetened gin invigorated by a hint of absinthe and zesty orange.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
LONDON COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
2 Dashes Orange Bitters.
2 Dashes Syrup.
2 Dashes Absinthe.
1/3 Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of London Cocktail contains 121 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 32.5% alc./vol. (65° proof)
- 15.4 grams of pure alcohol
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