Name: Spencer Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 20 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Orange juice; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Spencer Cocktail
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Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (discarded) & speared Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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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 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.12% alc./vol. (25.12° proof)
22.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Michael Cronin

5th April 2024 at 21:35

Felt like mine needed some simple syrup. Will admit that my orange was not as fresh as I’d like and I used apricot flavored brandy. I’m gonna play with this a bit.

Gillian Williams

21st December 2023 at 16:33

Enjoyed this, good balance of orange & apricot

Chris Dimal

25th July 2023 at 10:05

Mediocre drink. Not at all inspiring. There's a bit of orange, strong lingering apricot and gin. I also feel that the apricot flavour is muddled in this drink, while prominent.

John Hinojos

6th April 2022 at 00:12

Very pleasant cocktail and did not have any hint of bitterness. The orange used will dramatically impact this dish, so it important to use good quality or tree-ripened oranges.

Miguel Perales

4th April 2022 at 23:28

I would not call this a bitter drink. The Plymouth is very upfront and if you wait about 10 to 15 seconds, the Apricot shows up at the back of the palate and lingers.

Robin Alvarez

6th April 2020 at 13:25

I found it to be very bitter - didn't take the time to tinker with it.

Simon Difford

6th April 2020 at 15:53

I've just remade to check. It's not a brilliant cocktail but I didn't find bitter. Guess a lot depends on orange juice and brand of apricot liqueur. I also used a dash of bitters from a Japanese dasher bottle rather than the perhaps over-generous dash from an Angostura bottle.

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