Name: Fine and Dandy
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

3/4 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/6 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (optional)

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE 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 Fine & Dandy contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
23.18% alc./vol. (46.37° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

FINE AND DANDY COCKTAIL.
¼ Lemon Juice.
¼ Cointreau.
½ Plymouth Gin.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Comments & Discussion

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Joseph Nelson Premium Member 25w

The first time I made this cocktail, I was too light on the Angostura. I am stingy with my dashes. This is a character flaw. With my next attempt I upped it to a strong couple dashes and found it really refined the flavor of this charming sour.

John Taylor 1y

Clearing out my fridge. I used up my remaining gin, added four dashes of local bitters, a splash/jigger of triple-sec and it was pretty good. A bit of googling and I discovered this cocktail was pretty close so added a the juice of half a desiccated lemon and wow that made such a difference!! Alas I have no more gin, so unable to repeat with a more scientific follow-up but this cocktail is well worth experimenting with methinks!

Rollin Kuhn 2y

She's a boozy one! It's good as written but not mind-blowing. What I really like about it is it's very gin-forward, so the gin you choose will very much affect the character of it. The overall balance of sweet, aromatic, and sour is good. It supports the gin's character.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Wonderful cocktail. Great for gin lovers and novices. Not overly sweet and the orange and lemon with the herbal. Delightful.

Scott from Fife Premium Member 5y

Very accessible . A perfect balance of sweet orange, bitter lemon which together with the colour of the end result makes for a very pleasant pre dinner cocktail for gin drinkers.