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Pool

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (5)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
1/2 fl oz Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1/2 fl oz Blanc quinquina/kina (e.g. Mattei Cap Corse, Bonal, Kina L'Aéro)
1/12 fl oz Fernet Branca liqueur
2 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Pool contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 19.57% alc./vol. (39.15° proof)
  • 18.3 grams of pure alcohol
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History

First published in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition where the creation of this cocktail is credited to Jack Bamford.

POOL
Invented by Jack Bamford
2 dashes Fernet Branca.
1/3 Dubonnet.
1/3 Lillet.
1/3 Brandy.
Stir, strain and add small dash of Absinthe on top.

William J. Tarling, Café Royal Cocktail Book, 1937

Review

Spirit-forward with herbal aromatised wine. Best enjoyed immediately after a substantial dinner or during the hours that follow.

Variations/similar cocktails

Pool (by J. E. Clapham)

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