Bloodhound #1

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
3 fresh Raspberries
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄6 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered raspberries.
  3. MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.
  4. Add other ingredients.
  5. SHAKE with ice.
  6. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Looks like fruity disco drink fodder but is actually surprising dry and strong.

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Variant:

Made with strawberries in place of raspberries.

History:

Unknown but in his 1922 Mixing Cocktails, Harry MacElhone credits the Duke of Manchester, William Angus Drogo Montagu (1877-1947). The Bloodhound first appears, in a simple form, in William Boothby's 1907 World Drinks, the, in Tom Bullock's 1917 The Ideal Bartender, and perhaps most notably in in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

BLOODHOUND COCKTAIL.
¼ French Vermouth.
¼ Italian Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
2 or 3 Crushed Strawberries.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930
More cocktails by The Honorable William T. “Cocktail Bill” Boothby

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Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
13th May 2023 at 18:39
Yup, that's a weaker (perfect) martini with raspberries in. It's nice, just..it's not anything more than that.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
15th February 2023 at 01:28
Fruity and herbal. Not as sweet as I was expecting, but the combination of flavours are wonderfully surprising. Perfect for a Valentine's Day aperitif.
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