Name: Puritan
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 10 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 10 ml Chilled water; 1 dash Orange bitters

Shawn Clark 22w

Per Yarm's site, the first recipe of this cocktail was in 1900 "The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen" by Fredrick L. Knowles. Checking, I find it on p. 21. Oddly, it doesn't show up in much else that I have checked for several more decades other than Kokuteera (1924), and Swallows by Boothby in 1930. Maybe I missed finding it in others in between?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 22w

Once again, many thanks for the heads-up. I've added the quote from A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen above.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 29w

Very tasty with Génépy.

James Kittock Premium Member 43w

Made tonight w 1 1/2 oz The Botanist, fat 1/4 oz Dolin Dry, 1/4 oz Chartreuse Yellow, 2 dashes Scrappy’s orange bitters. Expressed Meyer lemon twist and dropped in the drink. Definitely one of my favorite martinis. Not too sweet but more interesting than just gin & vermouth.

Jeremy Harrold 1y

A punchy Martini variation. If you are a slow drinker, initially only a little Chartreuse and a touch of orange bitters but towards the end the Chartreuse kicks in. The Green Puritan is next!

Yorey C 2y

Gordon's | Pergote | Iris Liquer ... used some iris liquer cuz someone said it's a good sub for chartreuse. they didn't specify which, and i wouldn't know. care for this about the same as i care for most martinis with mediocre gin, which is to say not much

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

The gin you use will impact the flavour of the cocktail. Used a locally made gin and the taste of the gin did get enhanced by the vermouth and chartreuse. Enjoyed very much.

Pekka Savolainen 4y

Reduced gin to 40ml and it became 5 star cocktail for me.

Peter Shaw Premium Member 5y

The touch of colour, herbal flavours and aroma from the yellow chartreuse makes a perfect combination to introduce a reluctant friend to the martini concept.

Jonathan Bonsey 5y

I fell across this looking for a Gibson recipe as we ran out of lemons. In deep shock I was looking for a gin cocktail that didn’t need lemons and this caught my eye as fortunately we have oranges. It is superb. Chartreuse is not given enough credit. It’s a wonderful spirit.

Matthew French 5y

Both this and the Green Puritan are delicious . However, as is my wont, I had to tinker with this, especially after receiving a bottle of Cuckoo Solace Gin which includes olives amongst its botanicals. So I swapped the orange bitters for olive bitters and garnished with a Gordal olive. It worked for me, and I call it a Lapsed Catholic, (Dirty Puritan seemed a bit too obvious!).

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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