Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Gin |
| 1 1/4 fl oz | Lillet Blanc (or other aromatized wine) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Blanc quinquina/kina (e.g. Mattei Cap Corse or Kina L'Aéro d'Or) |
| 2 dash | La Fée Parisienne absinthe |
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Review:
Wet Martini-like with pronounced quinine. A hot weather Martini, perhaps.
I tried the Depth Charge with various proportions of Lillet Blanc and Kina L'Aéro d'Or, starting with equal parts which was too dry, before arriving at the recipe above.
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
DEPTH CHARGE COCKTAIL
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930
2 Dashes Absinthe.
½ Glass Kina Lillet.
½ Glass Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Squeeze orange peel on top.
Nutrition:
One serving of Depth Charge (Savoy recipe) contains 191 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 23.3% alc./vol. (46.6° proof)
- 22.9 grams of pure alcohol
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