Beadlestone

Review:

The ingredients and proportions are a long way from the original equal parts Scotch whisky and dry vermouth, but the result is a rather better cocktail that resembles a Paisley Martini.

History:

The Beadlestone first appears in Jacob Abraham Grohusko's 1916 Jack's Bar Manual 4th Edition, and then (spelt "Beadleston") in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1935 Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book.

BEADLESTONE COCKTAIL.
50% Scotch Whiskey
50% French Vermouth
Shake.

Jacob Abraham Grohusko, Jack's Bar Manual 4th Edition, 1916

Then there was a Beadleston, named after another customer who sold the Bar much of the beer he brewed, and after whom was baptized a second cocktail, the Beadleston No. 'li. Speaking still alphabetically, there was a Bunyan, spelled with an "a;' ~ not an "o," and summoning up thoughts of a thirsty pilgrim's progress to a land of never-never-thirst.

BEADLESTON * Two dashes Orange Bitters
One-half jigger French Vermouth
One-half jigger Whiskey (Stir)

BEADLESTONE COCKTAIL. One-half French Vermouth
No. 2 * One-half Haig & Haig Scotch Whiskey

Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book, 1935

Nutrition:

One serving of Beadlestone contains 132 calories