Hasty/Piccadilly

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (3 ratings)

Glass:

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Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
1 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
16 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
1 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

A two-to-one Dry Martini set apart by a splash of grenadine and a dash of absinthe.

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History:

This cocktail is called "Hasty" in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book but named "Piccadilly" in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book.

HASTY COCKTAIL
1 Dash Absinthe.
4 Dashes Grenadine.
⅓ French Vermouth.
⅔ Nicholson's Gin
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

PICCADILLY
2/3 Dry Gin.
1/3 Dry Matini Vermouth.
Dash Absinthe.
Dash Grenadine.
Shake.

W. J. Tarling, Café Royal Cocktail Book, 1937

Nutrition:

One serving of Hasty/Piccadilly contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 25.06% alc./vol. (25.06° proof)
  • 23.9 grams of pure alcohol

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