Name: Darb
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 20 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Lemon juice

Darb
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Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
²⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE 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:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Dry vermouth adds complexity and balance to this apricot gin sour.

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History:

A Rejuvenated classic from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book brought to my attention and reformulated by Jason E. Clapham of St. Edward's MCR at Oxford, England.

DARB COCKTAIL.
1/3 French Vermouth.
1/3 Dry Gin.
1/3 Apricot Brandy.
4 Dashes Lemon Juice.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Darb contains 146 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.41% alc./vol. (19.41° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Marek Vranka

1st November 2024 at 20:17

at first, it was clearly well balanced but also a bit underwhleming, but after couple of sips, it grew on me...

Jonathan Howland

20th August 2023 at 16:40

Delicious well-balanced cocktail. Expecting bitterness but the apricot brandy helps to balance the vermouth and lemon juice to give a nice rounded drink.

Jeffrey Sykes

14th August 2023 at 00:43

I wanted to have another one of these today, but I ran out of dry vermouth. I had a some Dolin blanc vermouth in the fridge, and in order to avert tragedy, I subbed it in. And it was terrific! Sweeter, yes, but the apricot flavor of the Luxardo Albicocca really came through.

John Hinojos

14th August 2023 at 00:32

Perfect on a sunny August afternoon. Gin gives some herbal hints and the citrus and apricot add some sweetness. Slightly sweet (not obtrusive). Did add a few drops of Bob's Difford's Daiquiri Bitters and it balanced out the sweetness and added a few more different herbal flavours.

Jeffrey Sykes

13th August 2023 at 00:42

Wow. Really, really yummy, and unlike anything I've had before.

Herbert Brant

11th August 2023 at 20:50

Refreshing and perfectly balanced, this cocktail is delightful on a hot summer's day. The four ingredients stand out individually, and simultaneously form a great integrated mix. A new favourite.

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