Name: Holland House (Craddock's London dry gin-based)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 25 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Pineapple juice; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Holland House (Craddock's London dry gin-based)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
⁵⁄₆ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Pineapple juice
0.08 oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Without the optional addition of sugar syrup, this cocktail is very dry. Even with sugar, this cocktail is on the dry side and makes for a great aperitivo.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

HOLLAND HOUSE COCKTAIL.
The Juice of ¼ Lemon.
1 Slice Pineapple.
1/3 French Vermouth.
2/3 Dry Gin.
4 Dashes Maraschino.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Prior to heading up The American Bar at The Savoy Hotel in London, Craddock worked in New York's Holland House Hotel, where this was the signature cocktail. Craddock's Holland House recipe is very different to that of George J. Kappeler, who preceded Craddock at The Holland House and wrote his cocktail book 35 years earlier.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Holland House (Craddock's London dry gin-based) contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.7% alc./vol. (18.7° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Sally Morgan

25th August 2024 at 20:03

I prefer it without the sugar syrup so you can fully appreciate the complexity of the different flavours riffing off each other

John CARR

8th April 2024 at 12:31

Revisiting. A bright, fresh no-nonsense classic. I can taste the gin, I can taste the vermouth, I can taste the pineapple and lemon. Slightly sweet from the Luxardo. Wonderful.

John CARR

16th February 2024 at 11:14

Distinctly dry but very delicious. Brilliant as an aperitif, although the drinker will have to like dry vermouth. I used good old Bombay sapphire and thought its sweetness worked well.

Chris Dimal

11th May 2023 at 12:43

Very, very, very, very dry. The dry vermouth takes centre stage with gin and Maraschino following. The pineapple is a mere hum. Definitely for the truly discerning drinker. Give it to someone who's 'generic', and they'd hate it.

Beth Schneider

18th February 2023 at 18:39

This did just not work for me. I found the combination of flavours too sour and spirit-forward.

John Hinojos

18th January 2022 at 01:11

Great aperitif. Had this to commemorate the start of Prohibition in the US. As the Holland House was the bar Craddock worked on that last day, decided on this. It is nicely dry with a slight hint of pineapple. Would recommend.

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