Name: Ford Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Old Tom gin; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 2 dash Orange bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

John CARR Premium Member 26w

The saline brings out the acid from the citrus and vermouth really nicely, and complements with the bitters. I used Hayman’s and Dolin but would be curious to try with other base ingredients such as Noilly Prat.

Stephen Broughall Premium Member 1y

Must use equal parts of gin and vermouth in this outstanding cocktail. Upping the Benedictine slightly is also a good idea. I used Himbrini Icelandic Old Tom which is a bit different than my usual Haymans. I now prefer the Himbrini and the complexity it brings. Did not use the saline solution but will try it next time. A great cocktail!

Justin Aniello 1y

Was disappointing per the recipe, basically a wet martini, was barely getting the Benedictine. I started by doubling, then tripling the Benedictine and it was much improved. Nothing wrong with a wet martini but wasn't what I was looking for.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Did you try it with equal parts gin and vermouth as per the original recipe? I personally found that to be a lot better, with the Benedictine carrying the vermouth and orange bitters forward. It's still basically a riff on a wet martini but slightly different.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Thanks to your comment, I revisited this cocktail and have amended to equal parts. Many thanks.

Justin Aniello 1y

My wife and I had done a side by side for a few different gin-vermouth-Benedictine cocktails and for our tastes we found the higher the gin ratio the happier we were (The London Gypsy with no vermouth won out) but they all also had a larger ratio of Benedictine than this one. I blame it on our martini bias getting drier year by year.

Peter M Premium Member 2y

This is nice if you're in the mood for something gin-forward! You're hit with the gin up front, but then it quickly fades into sweet/orange/herbal/spice from the rest of the ingredients!

Shannon Burns 2y

I enjoyed this much better than Poet's Dream. My only deviation from the recipe was that I flamed the orange peel as I had just watched "The Educated Barfly" do so on You Tube. I figured adding a hint of caramelised orange to my cocktail couldn't hurt. I was NOT wrong.

David Henderson 3y

First ever comment here on Diffords to state I did not enjoy, nor did my guests! It was my first cocktail using Benedictine, and first using Old Tom Gin. Will search for other uses of the Benedictine, which is delicious.

Sander Pastoor 3y

Excellent cocktail. I'm not a huge martini dan but this one works for me. A new favorite!

Nicholas Sowards 3y

Enjoyed this one, 4.5. A local old Tom seasonal fall gin made a great star in it. I added 4 drops Bittermens Spiced Cranberry Bitters to my side-by-side version, and liked it even better. The smidge of cranberry goes so well with orange and the baking spices really sang with the fall gin.

Greg Klump 3y

Tonik Distillery's Origin Old Tom for gin. No Martini extra dry vermouth on hand, so had to sub in Dolin Dry. Only had 2/3 of oz in the heel of the bottle, so used 1/3 oz Guerro Bianco to round the vermouth up to 1 oz.
Not at all sweet. Nuanced layers. V. nice :)

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Great aperitif. Did not feel it was as sweet as I was expecting from the other reviews. I love the various burst of flavours with each sip.

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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