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Guards

Name: Guards
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Orange Curaçao; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (expressed & discarded) and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Guards contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
26.6% alc./vol. (53.2° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

GUARDS
Cocktail Glass
Stir
1-3/4 oz gin
3/4 0z sweet vermouth
1/4 0z orange curacao
Orange peel and /or Cherry
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Review

It may be old guard, but this Sweet Martini, which benefits from a splash of orange curaçao, deserves a place on modern cocktail lists.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 15 cocktails
$33.99 $2.27 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Ferrand Dry Curacao 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$34.99 $0.23 per cocktail Ferrand Dry Curacao image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$2.54 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 15 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

This is at least a solid 4 for me. Made this with Ford's, Cocchi di Torino, PFDC, and Regan's. A bit round with a mid-top sweetness at first, but gets blasted out in the finish by the gin and bitters. A vaguely Martinez-like concoction, with a vegetal aftertaste and orange jelly candy backdrop. (6 Nov 2024, 1:04p)

Jeremy Harrold 2y

Nice. I am surprised how much extra the Orange Curaçao adds to a Gin & It.

Annabelle Egginton 2y

This is just right on the sweet-dry balance. Definitely my style of pre-diner drink as not a dry martini fan. Liking angostura is a must.

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Not being fans of sweet cocktails, we were concerned about the ingredients and the description. Decided to add 1/2 oz more gin and it was perfect for us. Still a bit sweet but a bit more spirit forward.

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