Dynamite Dew Drop

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Sugar syrup & cinnamon rim

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/3 fl oz Gin
1 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1/3 fl oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/3 fl oz Meletti amaro
8 drop Chocolate bitters
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

Gin and brandy combine harmoniously and are the backbone of this spirit-forward cocktail – as befits the name. Chocolate bitters play a crucial role alongside rosso vermouth and amaro.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created late-2023/early 2024 by Jason E. Clapham at the St. Ewards MCR at Oxford, England, "An attempt to create the mysterious drink that features in the cocktail-fuelled Wodehouse classic, 'The Story of William'."

'Suppose the only girl you had ever loved had gone and got engaged to another, what in your view would best meet the case?'
The gentlemanly bar-tender pondered for some moments.
'Well,' he replied at length, 'I advance it, you understand, as a purely personal opinion, and I shall not be in the least offended if you decide not to act upon it; but my suggestion – for what it is worth – is that you try a Dynamite Dew Drop.'
One of the crowd that had gathered sympathetically round shook his head. He was a charming man with a black eye, who had shaved on the preceding Thursday.
'Much better give him a Dreamland Special.'
A second man, in a sweater and a cloth cap, had yet another theory.
'You can't beat an Undertaker's Joy.'

P.G. Wodehouse, The Story of William, Meet Mr. Mulliner, 1927

Nutrition:

One serving of Dynamite Dew Drop contains 196 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 29.68% alc./vol. (59.36° proof)
  • 26.8 grams of pure alcohol
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