Pince-Nez

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 3⁄4 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
1⁄4 oz Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

A Zaza/Dubonnet Cocktail No. 1 with a splash of kirschwasser transporting it to a special place.

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History:

Created late-2023/early 2024 by Jason E. Clapham at the St. Ewards MCR at Oxford, England. Jason says this cocktail is related to the Blackthorn No. 4 in William "Cocktail Bill" Boothby's 1930 World Drinks and How To Prepare Them and the Merry Widow in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1935 The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book.

BLACKTHORN, NO. 4
Gin . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½ jigger
Dubonnet . . . . . . . . ¼ jigger
Kirschwasser . . . . . ¼ jigger
Stir well with ice, strain into chilled glass and serve.

William Boothby, World Drinks and How To Prepare Them, 1930

MERRY WIDOW*
One-half François Vermouth
One-half Dubonnet

Albert Stevens Crockett, The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book, 1935
More cocktails by Jason E. Clapham

Nutrition:

One serving of Pince-Nez contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 25.62% alc./vol. (25.62° proof)
  • 23.1 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
28th September 2024 at 14:02
More Jason Clapham magic. Beautiful interplay of herbal notes with richness and fruitiness from the Dubonnet and kirschwasser. I didn’t have the best ingredients available tonight but would still definitely have again.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
28th September 2024 at 14:06
The rebalancing here compared the regular blackthorn no. 4 really makes it sing - in particular knocking back the kitschwasser reduces what can be its rough edge - at least with the Weis bottle I’m using.
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