Name: Improved Holland Gin Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Oude genever; 1.25 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1.25 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1.25 ml Absinthe; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Oude genever

1/24 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

1/24 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1/24 fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

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 Improved Holland Gin Cocktail contains 108 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
31.23% alc./vol. (62.45° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Herbert Brant 3y

Very unusual —and delightfully rich. The blend of flavors has an amazing complexity that suits me very well. Strong, certainly, but I made it on the rocks, and that actually worked to dilute the mixture into something glorious.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Perfect. Taste of the Genever is forefront. Slight hint of the absinthe. Strong and not for the meek. Wonderful to sip instead of a Martini.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4y

Wonderful drink. Really brought out the malty flavors in the genever.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 4y

So I made this as per the above recipe. While I enjoyed this, I wonder if I might have preferred the ratios published in Difford's 15th edition, and in particular if as in that recipe, 1/2 oz water might have tamed the cocktail slightly. Will try that version next and report back!

Mark Shah 5y

Does anyone know with any kind of authority what a dash actually is? In this recipe is saying 4 dashes is 1.25ml (0.3ml per dash) but on the website I've linked below it says it's just under 1ml per dash and 1ml was also the general consensus on a cocktail Facebook group I'm a member of.

https://www.thekitchn.com/when-it-comes-to-cocktails-whats-in-a-dash-behind-the-bar-218109