Name: Double Barrel Winchester
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Old Tom gin; 10 ml Navy strength gin; 10 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 7.5 ml Ginger syrup; 7.5 ml Grenadine syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/2 fl oz

Hayman's Old Tom Gin

1/3 fl oz

Hayman's Navy Strength Royal Dock Gin

1/3 fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Monin Ginger Syrup

1/4 fl oz

Monin Grenadine Syrup

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of Union Jack skewered parasol, half grapefruit slice wheel and 2 slices of ginger.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with parasol skewered grapefruit slice and ginger slices.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Double Barrel Winchester contains 235 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
19.12% alc./vol. (38.25° proof)
25.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Brian Miller created the Winchester cocktail while working at Death & Co. in 2009 and named it for Angus Winchester, then Tanqueray brand ambassador. The Winchester was based on a trio of gins: Hayman's Old Tom Gin, Martin Miller's Westbourne Strength Gin and Tanqueray Gin. Then, a decade later, Brian put his Double Barrel Winchester on the menu at The Polynesian in New York City with four gins: 15ml (½oz) Greenhook Ginsmith Old Tom Gin, 15ml (½oz) Perry's Tot Gin, 30ml (1oz) Millar's Westbourne Strength Gin, and 30ml (1oz) Monkey 47 Gin.

For reasons of sobriety and cost, my adaptation uses measures around a third smaller than the original recipe. If you'd prefer larger measures, reach for a Tiki mug and try:
30 London dry gin
30 Citrus-forward 47% alc./vol. gin
20 Old Tom gin
15 Navy strength gin 57% alc./vol.
15 Elderflower liqueur
22.5 Lime juice
22.5 Grapefruit juice
10 Grenadine
10 Ginger syrup

Gallery

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Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 50w

No ginger syrup so we substituted Giffard Sirop Cannelle (cinnamon). Worked just fine.

Peter Barth 1y

Heavy on the ginger - packs a punch, twenty-something with the gin. Will also try the original tiki-sized once sober

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Whoa - givin’ it both barrels. I say this is worth the faff, including the four-way split gins. And yes I did go through balancing all the ingredients individually and, yes, it does pay off..! As a gin fan, this works better for me than most of the rum-based tikis, good as they are. Very easy drinking indeed, dangerously so!

Arild Bjørgo Premium Member 2y

I used different Gin's from the recipe above (Bareksten Dry, Old Tom and Navy, and even the elderflower was from Bareksten), but I followed through with Monkey 47 (the complexity is superb). And as of lately, I have started using a "Grenadine" liqueur instead of the syrup, with good results; more depth and body. I find this Cocktail to be one of the better Gin Cocktails out there. A must- try if you are a Gin lover!