Old Tom Gin Cocktail
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Old Tom Gin Cocktail
Serve in a Nick & Nora glass
| 2 oz | Hayman's Old Tom Gin |
| 0.08 oz | Gomme syrup |
| 0.04 oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
| 2 dash | Boker's bitters |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
A delightfully rustic and characterful pre-Martini, Martini.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Jerry Thomas' 1887 Bar-Tender's Guide.
Gin Cocktail.
Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide, 1887
(Use small bar glass.)
Take 3 or 4 dashes of gum syrup.
2 dashes of bitters (Boker's).
1 wine-glass of Holland gin.
1 or 2 dashes of Curaçao.
Fill the glass one-third full of shaved ice, and strain into a cocktail glass. Twist a small piece of lemon peel, place it in the glass, and serve.
Old Tom Gin Cocktail.
Same as the foregoing, substituting Old Tom, instead of Holland Gin.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 31.32% alc./vol. (31.32° proof)
- 20.2 grams of pure alcohol
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