Name: 1920 Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters; 7.5 ml Chilled water

1920 Cocktail
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Ingredients:
2 oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
¹⁄₄ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino), Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A rye whiskey's spirituous spice adds backbone to what is essentially a Perfect Manhattan with orange bitters in place of aromatic bitters and garnished with an orange zest rather than a maraschino cherry.

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Variant:

Nineteen-Twenty Cocktail

History:

Adapted from a cocktail discovered in July 2023 at Cure in New Orleans, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of 1920 Cocktail contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
28.37% alc./vol. (28.37° proof)
27.8 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

26th April at 15:12

Very pleasant, though I weirdly feel like I prefer the ‘perfect’ profile more with scotch, a la an Affinity. But really very good and will please many. I was content to make a 2/3 version on this occasion.