Barton Special Cocktail

Serve in a Martini glass...
1½	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
¾	fl oz	Berneroy Fine Calvados
¾	fl oz	Dewar's 12 Year Old 'The Ancestor' blended Scotch whisky

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How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

Comment:

Dry and hardcore - gin, apple brandy and Scotch, tamed only by a little dilution and being chilled.

About:

Thought to be named after the noted 'all American' advertising guru and political publicist, Bruce Fairchild Barton, who in 1919 co-founded the Barton, Durstine & Osborn advertising agency.

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