Name: Devil's Cocktail
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Tawny port; 45 ml Vermouth - Dry; 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into a chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Tawny port
1 1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

Lemon predominates with the richness of port fighting to be heard.

Variant:

Robert Vermeire's 1922 Devil's Cocktail

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition).

DEVIL'S COCKTAIL
½ Port Wine
½ French Vermouth
2 dashes Lemon Juice
Stir well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1917

Nutrition:

One serving of Devil's Cocktail contains 136 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
14.41% alc./vol. (28.82° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

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