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Bamboo Cocktail (Boothby's 1908 recipe)

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

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (29)

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Serves:

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

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Method

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.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

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

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
13.07% alc./vol. (26.13° proof)
11.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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

Review

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

Variations/similar cocktails

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.

Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$15.99 $0.97 per cocktail Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 999+ cocktails
$13.99 $0.01 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$1.05 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Joe Cornwall 2y

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!

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