Astor Painless Anaesthetic
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Astor Painless Anaesthetic
Photographed in an Urban Bar Verdot Small Martini Glass 12.5cl
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1⁄2 oz | Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac |
| 1⁄2 oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 1⁄2 oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
| 1⁄12 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
| 1 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into chilled glass.
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Dry vermouth, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Beebe's 1946 recipe calls for "just a touch of sugar" and I ended up preferring a quarter barspoon of rich sugar syrup, but only after trying twice that and also experimenting with bianco vermouth.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Lucius Beebe's 1946 The Stork Club Bar Book.
Monty Woolley improves on the usual proportions of the dry Martini simply by increasing the conventional proportions of gin and vermouth to four to one, admonishes barkeeps to use ice and no lemon whatsoever, and, when asked what this will do for the consumer, remarks with a worldly leer: "Consult Lillian Russell!"
Lucius Beebe, The Stork Club Bar Book, 1946
Still another variation on the theme of gin and vermouth, which Cole Porter in The Two Little Babes in the Woods discovered was the fountain of youth come from Mary Astor:
Astor Painless Anesthetic:
3 oz. gin
1 oz. French vermouth
1 oz. Italian vermouth
1 oz. cognac
Shake well with ice cubes and dash of orange bitters, twist of lemon peel and just a touch of sugar
Nutrition:
One serving of Astor Painless Anaesthetic contains 183 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.7 standard drinks
- 25.22% alc./vol. (25.22° proof)
- 23.4 grams of pure alcohol
Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
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