Name: Quill
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Absinthe

Quill
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₆ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Basically a Negroni with dashes of absinthe.

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Variant:

Quill Riff
Absinthe Negroni

History:

The Quill first appeared in the 1996 edition of Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails in which Andrew & Duncan MacElhone added 40+ cocktails to Harry MacElhone original books.

The Quill does not feature in earlier editions of Harry's books and in the 1996 edition his son and grandson credit this recipe to "Frank C. Payne, New York". Payne was one of a group of theatrical press agents who in 1930 formed the Theatrical Press Representatives of America (TPROA) as union to represent their interests, which they publicised through a magazine called The Quill.

Nutrition:

One serving of Quill contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
23.25% alc./vol. (23.25° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Angel Aguilera

14th June 2024 at 06:42

The Quill is to the Negroni, what Denis Villeneuve’s Dune 2 is to Dune 1.
Marvelous.

Kurt Walter

19th August 2021 at 00:18

Beautiful riff on a Negroni and the absinthe really accentuates the complexity of the Campari. I chose to simply rinse the glass with absinthe, rather than include the 1/6oz and it added depth to the ‘nose’ when sipping.

Geoff B.

5th December 2020 at 05:13

The absinthe brings a fun twist on the classic Negroni. The absinthe is definitely present and partners with the Campari nicely.

Jaci U

5th December 2020 at 05:12

Absinthe shines through surprisingly strongly (dominates?) against the not-weak background of a Negroni.

Rithwik Hari

11th November 2020 at 02:22

Really like this one. Love the twisted balance, the perfect ratio of gin/vermouth/campari is rounded out nicely by the absinthe. Have added it into my rotation.