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

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

¹⁄₆ fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Quill contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
23.25% alc./vol. (46.5° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

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.

Comments & Discussion

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Sport Murphy 14w

Picked up a bottle of Hendtick's "Orbium" gin, and thought this cocktail might work well with its notes of wormwood and quinine. Wow! Unlike anything else I've had... bitter, floral, and fascinatingly layered. I'll surely return for more.

Kurt Walter 5y

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. 5y

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

Jaci U 5y

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

Rithwik Hari 5y

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.