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Depth Charge (Savoy recipe)

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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 1⁄4 fl oz Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1⁄2 fl oz Blanc quinquina/kina (e.g. Mattei Cap Corse, Bonal, Kina L'Aéro)
2 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Depth Charge (Savoy recipe) contains 177 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 22.5% alc./vol. (45° proof)
  • 22.1 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

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

DEPTH CHARGE COCKTAIL
2 Dashes Absinthe.
½ Glass Kina Lillet.
½ Glass Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Squeeze orange peel on top.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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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.

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Comments & Discussion

Calvin Grant Premium Member
This one still floats my boat. Tried it tonight with Bonal/Lillet. ☆☆☆☆☆♡
score: 1
John CARR Premium Member
Might be my favourite application for Kina L’aero d’or so far (twentieth century was also brilliant!). Full of vintage flavour and richness. Wonderfully herbal, fruity and vinous - finished off a bottle of Sipsmith 30ml and 15ml Tanq 10 combined to display some virtuoso gin aromatics. This is roughly my ideal blend of Lillet to L’aero - I find 1:1 overpowers the wonderful sauv Blanc in Lillet so 3:2 or 2:1 much better.
If you like Versprrs and Corpse reviver no.2 definitely try this.
score: 2
Calvin Grant Premium Member
Better than excellent! Lovely ratio and twenty four drops of absinthe balanced perfectly. Now on to the twentieth century...
score: 2
G. M. Genovese Premium Member
Lillet Blanc and Cocchi Americano made for a unique drink. And I really enjoyed it. But, knowing how Kina LD tastes, boy, do I wanna try that soon... Not sure a lemon peel was best (orange or grapefruit sounds better), but it did enhance the hairiness of the non-gin ingredients.
score: 3
Chris Brislawn
Very good made with Lillet Blanc and Bonal Gentiane-Quina aperitif. The absinthe was noticeable but not dominant.
score: 3
Jakub Piechowicz
30 ml mayfair High tea gin, 35 ml cocchi americano, l'extreme d'absente bitter, orange zest. Absolutely fantastic cocktail.
score: 3

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