Snyder Cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄3 oz Orange Curaçao liqueur
× 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 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

A 2:1 Dry Martini but with a splash of orange curaçao taking the dry edge off and adding more subtle complexity than orange bitters.

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History:

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

SNYDER COCKTAIL.
1/3 French Vermouth.
2/3 Dry Gin.
3 Dashes Curaçao.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Twist orange peel on top.

Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Snyder Cocktail contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 25.09% alc./vol. (25.09° proof)
  • 25.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Haley’s Avatar Chris Haley
30th December 2023 at 23:29
I love this. Use a juniper forward London Dry and the curacao provides nice balance in my opinion.
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Anonymous

3rd October 2021 at 17:46
Pleasant enough but missing something...
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Brandon Fosdick’s Avatar Brandon Fosdick
17th January 2021 at 01:53
Too medicinal for me
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