Name: Addington
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Dry vermouth; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 30 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

1 fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water (chilled)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR first 2 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

TOP with chilled soda from a bottle/can or just the merest squirt from a chilled soda siphon.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Addington contains 81 calories

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
8.92% alc./vol. (17.85° proof)
8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 1y

Amber gold and clear, with lots of small bubbles on the sides of the glass, but not effervescent. Looks nice in a Nick & Nora - the narrower glass retains the bubbles better than a coupe. Maybe a flute? - a low ABV drink like this could be scaled up.
A delicious little spritz. Fruity and somewhat sweet, a faint carbonation bite - very nice. I really enjoy Carpano Antica sweet, and the flavor notes carry through here very well.

Tim Nicolas 1y

I made it with Dolin Rouge, Dolin Dry and sodastream water. Pretty good like that at first sip, but I (kind of) followed Tobias D’s suggestion and added a drop of Tanqueray. It definitely warps the flavour of course - another time I will try to have a chilled glass ready as a better way to stave off dilution. But good either way.

Peter Hasselbom Premium Member 2y

Simple and subtle. I used standard vermouths and think more exotic brands will make a big difference. Not necessarily for the better, but exciting to try.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 4y

Down to the last of my Alessio Chinato (Torino-style?), pairing it with Noilly Prat Dry... Why does this work so well?!... The orange peel gives the perfect accent... Quite surprised by this! (19 Jun 2022, 2:20p)

Richard Christmas 4y

I think I prefer it with Martini Rubino and Valencia tonic water.

Timothy Tate 5y

Love the simplicity of this one and that it features vermouths beyond background ingredient, but why is it 30/30/30 here (as I prefer it) and 30/60/top up in the book?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

I'm continually updating and improving recipes on this site. The recipe you see in the book (I presume 15th edition) dates from before this cocktail was last updated. This cocktail is not among the 3,000 in the 16th edition of our book.

Lyndee Paris 5y

This brings out all the herbal and bitter notes in Vermouth that get lost in other mixes. Our favorite Diffords recipe so far.

Tobias Dallenga 5y

Agreed.
Made an Addington Plus adding 10ml Gin and leaving out the soda

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Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

The video was wrongly uploaded to this page. It also correctly appears on "The Addington" page, differentiated by "The" in the name. I will have the video removed from this page. Many thanks for bringing to my attention.