Garnish:
Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's Old Tom Gin |
2/3 fl oz | Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur |
1/4 fl oz | Peachtree peach schnapps |
1/2 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
2 dash | Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters |
2 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
1/4 fl oz | Chilled water (omit if using wet ice) |
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Review:
This follows the classic gin and sour lime sweetened and flavoured by apricot brandy but with extra-fruity freshness courtesy of a splash of peach schnapps. Generous use of bitters keeps that fruitiness in check.
Variant:
Cocktail Bill's 1908 Pendennis Club Cocktail
Pendennis Club Special
Improved Pendennis Club Special
Improved Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail
History:
A riff on the classic Pendennis cocktail by yours truly in July 2020.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 21.13% alc./vol. (42.26° proof)
- 21.3 grams of pure alcohol
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