Name: Blackthorn (English)
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 7.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 7.5 ml Vermouth - Dry; 1 Orange bitters; 1 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

Italesse Presidente Wormwood

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Hayman's Sloe Gin
1/4 fl oz	Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Dry vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Review:

A sloe berry-influenced Sweet Martini and if making without dry vermouth (as per a Sweet Martini) then:
30ml (1oz) Dry gin
30ml (1oz) Sloe gin
15ml (½oz) Rosso (sweet) vermouth
1 dash Orange bitters

Variant:

Blackthorn No.2; Blackthorn (Kirschwasser); Blackthorn (Irish)

History:

A vintage classic whose origins are unknown. This recipe is adapted from one of five different Blackthorn variations in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

BLACKTHORN
Cocktail Glass Stir
Variation
1 oz gin
1 oz sloe gin
1/4 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
Lemon twist, cherry
Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Blackthorn (English) contains 155 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
25.97% alc./vol. (51.94° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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