Devil's Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (10 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port
1 12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
14 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

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

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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 148 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 12.75% alc./vol. (12.75° proof)
  • 14.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Michael Z’s Avatar Michael Z
15th March 2024 at 00:19
Appears to be exact same drink as "Devil",
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/638/devil
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
15th March 2024 at 07:27
Many thanks for bringing this to my attention, Michael. I’ve repurposed the other page to Robert Vermeire’s 1922 Devil’s Cocktail and added links between the two pages.