Name: Spencer Cocktail
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 20 ml Apricot (brandy) liqueur; 10 ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed); 1 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Retro Coupe

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & speared Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Giffard Abricot du Roussillon liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Review:

To quote Harry Craddock, "Very mellifluous: has a fine and rapid action: for morning work."

History:

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

SPENCER COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1 Dash Orange Juice.
1/3 Apricot Brandy.
2/3 Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Add cherry and squeeze orange peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Spencer Cocktail contains 178 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.63% alc./vol. (55.26° proof)
25 grams of pure alcohol

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