Name: Bamboo Cocktail (Stuart's 1904 recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Fino sherry; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Bamboo Cocktail (Stuart's 1904 recipe)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Balanced and complex, heavier than Bamboo recipes with dry vermouth.

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Variant:

Bamboo Cocktail (Difford's 'classic' recipe) with 2 parts fino sherry to 2 parts split vermouths.
Bamboo Cocktail (Boothby's 1908 recipe) with equal parts dry vermouth and fino sherry, 2 dash orange bitters and 2 drops Angostura bitters.
Bamboo Cocktail (Savoy 1930 recipe) with 1½ parts fino sherry, ¾ vermouth and ¾ sweet vermouth.
Bamboo Cocktail (Joaquín Simó's recipe) with equal parts fino sherry and dry vermouth sweetened with a splash of sugar syrup.
Bamboo Cocktail (Difford's Perfect recipe) with 1½ parts fino sherry, 1 sweet vermouth and ¾ dry vermouth.
Bamboo Cocktail (with Palo Cortado Sherry) with 2 parts Palo Cortado sherry to 1 dry vermouth
Bamboo Cocktail (with triple-sec) with equal parts fino sherry and dry vermouth with a splash of triple sec liqueur.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Thomas Stuart's 1904 Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How to mix them.
Bamboo Cocktail history.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bamboo Cocktail (Stuart's 1904 recipe) contains 97 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
12.11% alc./vol. (12.11° proof)
10.9 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.