Chanler

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Garnish:

Lemon slice wheel

How to make:

Express oils from lemon peel into stirring glass and drop in (regal stir). Add other ingredients, STIR with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice.

Review:

Lemon oils add mouthfeel and a delightful flavour, which combine with the botanicals of the gin and vermouth to preset as almost floral.

History:

A pre-prohibition cocktail from the Big Brass Rail bar of the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City USA named after a regular patron, "Sheriff Bob" Chanler. This recipe adapted from Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Days.

CHANLER
Several members of the well known Chanler family were among the patrons of the Bar. Solon thinks this was named after "Sheriff Bob" Chanler, the artist, whose matrimonial adventure with Mme. Lina Cavalieri, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera, was a sensational episode of the first decade of the century. "Bob" knew all the Waldorf bartenders by their first names.
One small piece of Ice in mixing glass
Squeeze one piece of Lemon Peel
One-third Italian Vermouth
Two-thirds Old Tom Gin
Frappe; pour in whiskey glass

Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Days, 1931

Alcohol content:

• 1.7 standard drinks
• 26.29% alc./vol. (52.58° proof)
• 23.7 grams of pure alcohol