Lone Tree No. 1

Difford’s Guide

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
1 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth chilled
1 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

An easy-drinking Martini served 'perfect' and 'wet'.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

LONE TREE COCKTAIL.
2 Dashes Orange Bitters.
⅓ Italian Vermouth.
⅓ French Vermouth.
⅓ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

The Lone Tree is repeated in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar where it is followed by a "Lone Tree No. 2" version comprising equal parts old tom gin and rosso vermouth.

LONE TREE No. 1
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
⅓ Martini Vermouth
⅓ French Vermouth
⅓ Dry Gin
Serve with a squeeze of Orange Peel.

LONE TREE No. 2
⅓ Martini Vermouth
⅓ Tom Gin
Stir well.

R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

Nutrition:

One serving of Lone Tree No. 1 contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 19.75% alc./vol. (39.51° proof)
  • 17.9 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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