Name: Alice Mine
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Grand Marnier; 22.5 ml Gin; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 7.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Alice Mine
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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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:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Medium-dry with luscious orange notes. The orange zest twist is essential to the balance of this late-night sipper.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

ALICE MINE
Cocktail Glass
Stir
1 oz Grand Marnier
3/4 gin
1/2 dry vermouth
1/4 sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters

Variation

3/4 oz Bourbon
3/4 oz Kummel
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Alice Mine contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
26.46% alc./vol. (26.46° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Werd Bmocsil

23rd January at 00:40

Mine differences: Bombay Sapphire, Foro Vermouth di Torino, Martini ,& Rossi Dry Vermouth. Meh. I like GM, but this drink doesn't do it justice IMHO. Perhaps the differences make a difference.

Steven

19th October 2024 at 00:19

Lovely. Perfect after dinner on an autumn evening.

Not sure how to classify it, but it strikes me as a sweeter alternative to an old fashioned.

Upvote to Nathalie’s comment.

Nathalie O'Flynn

14th June 2024 at 18:32

Came across this one from the homepage content. Just had this tonight and it is a 5* for us. But who the #@$ is Alice ?

Alice Mine

6th March at 22:50

Nathalie,
I am Alice Mine.
My husband says I definitely have notes of orange, herbs, and spices.
Alice

John CARR

2nd June 2024 at 13:26

Liked it more on my second try. As Peter says, definitely showcases the Grand Marnier up front, but also some very nice herbs and spices on the after palate. I went slightly heavy handed on the bitters, which balanced the sweetness for me.

John CARR

29th May 2024 at 12:59

An old fashioned, unapologetic flavour hit. Not subtle but it works!

Peter McCarthy

10th May 2024 at 22:35

This is nice. You get the Grand Marnier (sweet orange cognac) up front, then the complexity from the gin, vermouths, and bitters fade in on the back-end.

James Pratt

8th April 2022 at 22:23

This is different to the Alice Mine recipe in The Savoy Cocktail Book; that uses Italian vermouth, Russian Kümmel and two dashes of Scotch whisky. However, the above is the exact recipe for the Alphonso (Special) Cocktail there (also shown as the Alphonso in Boothby’s 1934 edition of World Drinks And How To Mix Them).

Marek Vranka

5th December 2022 at 20:46

this is correct!

Kevin Duffy

31st January 2021 at 18:44

Replaced the Martini Rosso with Vermut Lustau to really accentuate the orange tones.

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