Elk Martini

Name: Elk Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Plum brandy; 12.5 ml Dry vermouth

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	La Vieille Prune plum brandy
⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Elk Martini contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
29.58% alc./vol. (59.17° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book:
"ELK COCKTAIL.
½ Prunelle Brandy.
2 Dashes French Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass."

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Review

Craddock calls for this drink to be shaken, but in this instance, stirring seems more in order. I've also mixed to our preferred 5:1 stirred Dry Martini ratio.

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