Name: Dunhill's Special
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Amontillado sherry; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao; 2 dash Absinthe; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Dunhill's Special
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and skewered Fragata Green Olives.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered olives.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amontillado sherry, Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A dry, spiritous and aromatic aperitivo. With a dry amontillado, this is a preamble Martini alternative, but with cream sherry, it's a velvet smoking jacket of a cocktail.

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History:

The Dunhill's Special was first published in Nina Toye and A. H. Adair's 1925 book Drinks-Long and Short where it's origin is credited to Hatchett's Restaurant in London's Piccadilly. Our recipe is adapted from Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

DUNHILL'S SPECIAL
(For one Person)
Two dashes of Curacao, one third dry gin, one third sherry, one third French Vermouth. Stir thoroughly and then strain into the glass. Serve with an olive and then add two dashes of Absinthe. (From Hatchett's Bar).
Nina Toye and A. H. Adair, Drinks-Long and Short, 1925

DUNHILL'S SPECIAL
Cocktail glass
Stir
1 oz gin
1 oz sherry
1 oz dry vermouth
¼ oz orange curacao
1 dash Pernod (in glass)
Olive
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Dunhill's Special contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.44% alc./vol. (21.44° proof)
21.1 grams of pure alcohol

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