Garnish:
Skewered raspberry or lime wedge on rim
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Raspberry (framboise) sugar syrup |
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Review:
Rich jammy raspberry brilliantly balances sour lime with gin and vermouth sitting alongside each other as deliciously as ever.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Jacob Abraham Grohusko's 1933 Jack's Bar Manual 5th Edition.
CAMEO KIRBY COCKTAIL
Jacob Abraham Grohusko, Jack's Bar Manual, 1933
50% dry gin
50% dry vermouth
2 teaspoons raspberry syrup
Juice of half a lime
Shake.
This exhumed classic was recommended to us by Jason E. Clapham who told us that the cocktail is eponymously named after a 1923 silent movie directed by John Ford based on a 1908 play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson.
Nutrition:
One serving of Cameo Kirby contains 147 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1 standard drinks
- 15.91% alc./vol. (31.82° proof)
- 14.3 grams of pure alcohol
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