Gilroy

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Cherry fruit leads this gin-laced dry and citrussy aperitivo.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

GILROY COCKTAIL.
1/6 Lemon juice.
1/6 French Vermouth.
1/3 Cherry Brandy.
1/3 Dry Gin.
1 Dash Orange Bitters.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930
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Nutrition:

One serving of Gilroy contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 18.19% alc./vol. (18.19° proof)
  • 16.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Peter McCarthy’s Avatar Peter McCarthy
25th April 2024 at 01:17
This is certainly a tasty gin drink if you're in the mood for cherry & citrus. Would drink again!
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Dávid Ugróczi’s Avatar Dávid Ugróczi
27th September 2023 at 20:45
A great, cherry-forward cocktail. A good quality cherry liqueur is probably the most important part of this drink (I used luxardo sangue morlacco and it was just wonderful)
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George Ireland’s Avatar George Ireland
3rd December 2022 at 23:30
This is one of the greats, though, as so often with the Savoy Cocktail Book, it calls for premium ingredients.
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Nathalie O'Flynn’s Avatar Nathalie O'Flynn
3rd December 2022 at 12:28
Am a sucker for Harry Cradock's cocktails, hop in my "must try" list
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