Arkwood

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Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

THROW (or stir) all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Recipe contains the following allergens:

• Fino sherry – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
• Strucchi Dry Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Aromatic bitters contribute massively to the flavour and hue of this vinous aperitivo. If you like your cocktails bone dry then halve the volume of gomme syrup.

Variant:

Bamboo; Adonis; Armour

History:

The Arkwood Cocktail first appears in the Anonymously written 1895 Bartender's Guide published by The Berner-Mayer Co..

Arkwood Cocktail.
Angostura bitters 2 dashes, gum 2 dashes, ½ sherry ½ vermouth.

The Bartender's Guide, 1895

ARKWOOD COCKTAIL.
LARGE BAR GLASS. – Put in some cracked ice, two dashes bitters, two dashes gum, ½ wine-glass Sherry, ½ wineglass Vermouth. Stir and strain into cocktail glass.

Fancy Drinks, 1902

ARKWOOD COCKTAIL
Large bar glass. – Put in some cracked ice, two dashes bitters, two dashes gum, ½ wine glass Sherry, ½ wine glass Vermouth. Stir and strain into cocktail glass..

Harry Todd, Mixer's Guide, 1933

Nutrition:

One serving of Arkwood contains 92 calories.

Alcohol content:

• 0.9 standard drinks
• 12.46% alc./vol. (24.92° proof)
• 11.9 grams of pure alcohol