Depth Charge (Savoy recipe)

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Discerning Drinkers (3 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 1/4 fl oz Lillet Blanc (or other aromatized wine)
1/2 fl oz Kina aromatised wine
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:

Depth Charge

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

Nutrition:

One serving of Depth Charge (Savoy recipe) contains 191 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 24.38% alc./vol. (48.76° proof)
  • 23.9 grams of pure alcohol
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