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Performance Automobile

Name: Performance Automobile
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Sage gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 5 ml Scotch whisky; 2 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Sage gin
1 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/3 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Performance Automobile contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.17% alc./vol. (50.35° proof)
22.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

"An Automobile Cocktail, a glass of gasoline with a nut in it". At least according to a quirky promotional postcard for the cocktail. There are several versions of the Automobile and for their rendition, the folk at Engine Gin turned to Frank Meier's 1936 book, The Artistry of Mixing Drinks. They added "a typical Ibiza liquor which we also soaked our bolt" but as not widely distributed, I've replaced this with Bénédictine D.O.M..

AUTOMOBILE
In mixing-glass: a dash or Orange Bitters, one-third each of Italian Vermouth, Gin & Scotch Whisky; stir well and serve.
Frank Meier, 1936

Review

Sage-influenced gin shines in this herbal and delicately bittersweet late-night sipper of a cocktail.

Variations/similar cocktails

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Werd Bmocsil 1y

Carpano Antica & Monkey Shoulder in mine. Somehow the orange makes it taste like chilled Cointreau.
Will make again!

Richard Christmas 3y

Had to make do with Tanqueray, but still very good indeed. One would never be able to guess the ingredients, which turn into something else. Extraordinary!

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