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Goldfish

Name: Goldfish
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Goldwasser liqueur; 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Goldwasser cinnamon schnapps liqueur
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist..

Method

Before pouring Goldwasser, shake the bottle to ensure gold flakes are evenly distributed.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Goldfish contains 209 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
25.28% alc./vol. (50.56° proof)
28.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

According to Michael and Ariane Batterberry's 1973 book On the Town in New York, the Goldfish was a Prohibition-era cocktail served at the Speakeasy Aquarium bar in New York City.

Review

A 2:1 Dry Martini blinged-up and flavoured with a generous splash of gold-flaked aniseed and cinnamon liqueur.

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John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

Wonderful. Perfect on an Autumn evening. Love the classic earlier cocktails. Simple and clean taste.

Michiel 261 1y

Two dashes of saline solution, is that correct? I usually just see a few drops in recipes.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Thanks for bringing to my attention. I've now corrected to 2 drops saline.

Cocktailpixie 1y

Sorry to be pedantic Simon, but if you fine strain it, surely all the gold leaf just ends up in the sieve instead of in the drink...