Allies Martini

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 23 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
1 23 oz Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth chilled
124 oz Kummel liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and skewered Fragata Green Olive.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
  6. Garnish with skewered olive.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A Fifty-Fifty Martini with a touch of kümmel. Your choice of dry vermouth (you need a characterful one) and temperature are key to this cocktail's success. Freeze/chill all ingredients and the glass prior to mixing and it can be brilliant.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition).

ALLIES COCKTAIL.
½ French Vermouth
½ English Gin
2 dashes Russian Kummel
Stir well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.

Hugo R. Ensslin, 1917

Created during World War I (1914-1918), this cocktail refers to an alliance between English gin, French vermouth and (Russian) kummel (the origins of which are linked to Tsar Peter the Great).

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 23.39% alc./vol. (23.39° proof)
  • 23.7 grams of pure alcohol

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