Barton Special Cocktail

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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 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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