Hell Diver

Difford’s Guide

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
34 fl oz Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
14 fl oz Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur
2 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 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.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

The classic mix of gin and red quinquina (see Dubonnet Cocktail No. 1 and Zaza), enhanced by chocolate and dashes of bitters.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in London Pipe Shops 1937 book How to Properly Mix Drinks.

Perhaps named after the 1932 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Hell Divers starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable as a pair of competing Naval pilots.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 26.37% alc./vol. (52.74° proof)
  • 23.9 grams of pure alcohol

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