Name: Bamboo Cocktail (Boothby's 1908 recipe)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Dry vermouth; 45 ml Fino sherry; 2 dash Orange bitters; 2 drop Aromatic bitters

Bamboo Cocktail (Boothby's 1908 recipe)
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
2 drop	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist (discarded) & Fragata Green Olive - preferably pimiento-stuffed ('pimola' olive).
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This bone dry cocktail makes for a great apéritif, but you may find the Bamboo 'Perfect' version of this cocktail easier going.

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Variant:

Bamboo Cocktail (Difford's 'classic' recipe) with 2 parts fino sherry to 2 parts split vermouths.
Bamboo Cocktail (Stuart's 1904 recipe) with 2 parts fino sherry to 1 sweet vermouth.
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 William T. Boothby's 1908 World Drinks and How to Mix Them.
Bamboo Cocktail history.

More cocktails by The Honorable William T. “Cocktail Bill” Boothby

Nutrition:

One serving of Bamboo Cocktail (Boothby's 1908 recipe) contains 91 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
13.07% alc./vol. (13.07° proof)
11.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Joe Cornwall

16th December 2023 at 17:42

I've been exploring and enjoying sherry cocktails. I made this with Lustau Manzanilla Reserve Papirusa and Dolin Dry vermouth with a dash of Angostura orange bitters. Lemon twist expressed and discarded. Nicely tart, soft and silky with a citrus presence that is juicy and ends with a touch of sour. Refreshing and very clean on the finish. I'm liking this but I think I like an Adonis even better. The thing here is there are countless sherries and vermouths with which to experiment!