Garnish:
Lime or apricot slice/wedge
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 3/4 fl oz | Jamaican-style overproof aged pot still rum |
| 3/4 fl oz | Hayman's Sloe Gin |
| 3/4 fl oz | Giffard Abricot du Roussillon liqueur |
| 2/3 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
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Review:
High proof pot still rum funk, along with a decent quality apricot brandy and sloe gin is key to the success of this full-flavoured red cocktail.
History:
Recipe adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. Craddock also lists a "Millionaire Cocktail (No.2)" as follows:
"1 Dash Anisette
The white of 1 Egg
1/3 Absinthe
2/3 Dry gin
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass."
In his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury's says "At some bars a drink served under the name of "Millionaire" which consists of lime juice, slow gin, and apricot brandy, with a few dashes of Jamaica rum. Since the sloe gin, which is a liqueur, predominates in this drink, I do not regard it as a true cocktail." Embury is more complimentary of what he calls a "Millionaire Royal", proclaiming it to be "a very satisfactory drink."
Nutrition:
One serving of Millionaire No.1 contains 186 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 21.77% alc./vol. (43.54° proof)
- 20.1 grams of pure alcohol
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