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Lone Tree No. 1

Name: Lone Tree No. 1
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 2 dash Orange bitters

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Measurements in:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin (from freezer)
1 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth (chilled)
1 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth (chilled)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino), Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Review

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

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
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Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 31w

Not outstanding but very easy to drink, particularly with the relatively low alcohol.

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