Fourth Degree
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Fourth Degree
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 1 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1 oz | Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth |
| 1 oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
| 4 dash | La Fée Parisienne absinthe |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
One of those cocktails where a 'bland' dry vermouth just won't do. Don't go big on the rosso but go for it on the dry vermouth. Dash your absinthe judiciously and you'll have a delicious variation on a Perfect Martini.
History:
The Fourth Degree Cocktail first appears as a blanche absinthe-based cocktail (without gin) in Jacques Straub's 1914 book Drinksalong with the attentive name, "Feather Cocktail".
Fourth Degree Cocktail.
Jacques Straub, 1914
Feather Cocktail.
1/3 jigger French vermouth.
1/3 jigger Italian vermouth.
1/3 jigger white absinthe.
Shake well.
It then appears in Harry McElhone's 1922 Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails with two versions: a gin-based cocktail with dashes of vermouth but no rosso (sweet) vermouth; and the Fourth Degree we recognise today. He repeats the cocktail a year later in his 1923 Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails but with the first version omitted.
Fourth Degree Cocktail.
Harry McElhone, 1923
1/3 Gin, 1/3 French Vermouth, 1/3 Italian Vermouth, 4 dashes of Absinthe.
Nutrition:
One serving of Fourth Degree contains 158 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 20.2% alc./vol. (20.2° proof)
- 18.4 grams of pure alcohol
- More After dinner/digestif cocktails
- More Aperitivo/aperitif cocktails
- More Classic/vintage cocktails
- More Herbal cocktails
- More Martini-style cocktails
- More Short & stirred cocktails
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