Chanler

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Discerning Drinkers (11 ratings)

Photographed in an UB Ginza Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Ingredients:
1 swath Lemon peel
2 oz Hayman's Old Tom Gin
1 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel..
  3. REGAL STIR all ingredients (including lemon zest).
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

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

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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

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
1st June 2024 at 18:36
Shades of a Gin & It. The lemon (peel, oils) is rather prominent. The overall flavor came as a slight surprise, but I should've known better. Too much flab with the Old Tom.