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Jean Harlow

Name: Jean Harlow
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 45 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura (optional)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Libbey Sway 4.5oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest spiral twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 Jean Harlow contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.05% alc./vol. (44.09° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Adapted from a recipe in the 1933 book Hollywood Cocktails published by the wonderfully named, Buzza-Cardozo, a Hollywood-based company that specialised in illustrated cards and books.

JEAN HARLOW COCKTAIL
½ Bacardi Rum
½ Italian Vermouth
The peel of 1 Lime or piece of Lemon
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Hollywood Cocktails, 1933

This eponymous cocktail was created in the heyday of Jean Harlow and is said to have been one of her favourites. The platinum blonde American 1930s film actress and sex symbol sadly died in 1937 at the age of just 26 during the filming of MGM's Saratoga. The film was completed using a body double and released weeks after her death.

Review

Reminiscent of a Martinez but a tad lighter.

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Comments & Discussion

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Yuri Litvinenko 2y

Too rough for my liking when mixed using Otto's Athens and Barceló Blanco. Felt like a diluted rum overshadowed with garnish and bitters. Maybe I chose the ingredients wrong.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 3y

A very nice, dry cocktail. I did decrease the Rouge Vermouth to 1 oz/30 ml. Very enjoyable.

MiRiNaeJM 45w

agreed

Patrick Ryan 3y

The vermouth completely dominated my bottle of Appleton Signature. Upped the rum on the second go but it's still a bit too one note for me.

Jim Cameron 4y

Nice balance of fruit sweetness with dry finish. I like it a lot!

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