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

Performance Automobile
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Engine Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Blended Scotch whisky
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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Variant:

Auto Martini

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

Nutrition:

One serving of Performance Automobile contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.96% alc./vol. (25.96° proof)
23.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Werd Bmocsil

19th January at 00:55

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

Richard Christmas

19th January 2023 at 18:47

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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