Garnish:
Skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 fl oz | Gin |
| 1 fl oz | Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur |
| 1 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 1/3 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup |
| 1/3 fl oz | Chilled water (omit if using wet ice) |
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Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Strucchi Dry Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Review:
Apricot liqueur dominates this cocktail but dry vermouth, dry gin, lemon juice, and dilution save it from excessive sweetness.
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
FAIRBANKS COCKTAIL. (No.1)
Harry Craddock, 1930
1 Dash Lemon Juice.
1 Dash Grenadine.
1/3 Apricot Brandy.
1/3 French Vermouth.
1/3 Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass, with a cherry.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 17.46% alc./vol. (34.92° proof)
- 20.1 grams of pure alcohol
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