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 (2:1); 1.25 ml Absinthe; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Improved Holland Gin Cocktail
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Oude genever
¹⁄₂₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₂₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₂₄ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. [To measure 1.25ml and how many dashes in 1.25ml, please see Measuring cocktail ingredients.]

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Salmon-pink with subtle juniper, rounded by maraschino liqueur, aromatic bitters and absinthe.

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Variant:

With orange curaçao in place of marachino liqueur.
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History:

The classic Holland House "improved" due to the use of genever.

Nutrition:

One serving of Improved Holland Gin Cocktail contains 108 calories

Alcohol content:

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

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Herbert Brant

12th March 2023 at 20:31

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

4th March 2023 at 01:12

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

22nd January 2022 at 05:46

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

Tuber Magnatum

10th December 2021 at 00:50

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

12th June 2021 at 16:20

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

Simon Difford

21st June 2021 at 15:10

In the "How to make above" I've added a link to a page explaining measuring and the volume of drops and dashes.

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