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Luigi
Measurements in:
Serves:
| 1 1/3 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 2/3 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 1/3 fl oz | Mandarin liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Monin Grenadine Syrup |
| 1 fl oz | Tangerine / Mandarin / Clementine juice |
| 1/24 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (optional) |
How to make
Glassware
Serve in a Coupe glass
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
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Health & Nutrition
Nutrition:
One serving of Luigi contains 175 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 16.56% alc./vol. (33.12° proof)
- 18.9 grams of pure alcohol
History
A variation on the Bronx, the Luigi Cocktail first appears in Robert Vermeire's 1922 Cocktails: How to Mix Them
Luigi Cocktail.
Robert Vermeire, 1922
Fill the shaker half full of broken ice and add:
1 teaspoonful of Grenadine.
1 little dash of Cointreau.
The juice of half a tangerine.
1/4 gill of Gin.
1/4 gill of French Vermouth
Shake well and strain into a cocktail-glass.
This cocktail was invented by Mr. Luigi Naintré, the proprietor of the Embassy Club, who become famous at Romano's, Ciro's, and the Criterion. He is one of the best-known restaurateurs in the world and has an enormous and faithful following wherever he goes.
This cocktail is one of the most popular in London.
Versions of this recipe then appear in the 1930 Cocktails by Jimmy Late Of Ciro's London, Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1933 Odell's Book of Cocktails and Fancy Drinks, and the U.K.B.G.'s 1937 Approved Cocktails. However, I adapted our recipe from Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.
LUIGI
Stanley M. Jones, 2021
Cocktail Glass
Shake
Âľ oz tangerine juice
1 oz gin
½ oz dry vermouth
ÂĽ oz grenadine
ÂĽ oz Cointreau
Lemon twist
Review
If you don't have tangerines/mandarins then regular orange juice will do, as will triple sec (as per the original recipe) in place of mandarin liqueur, it's that bit better with mandarin. Depending on your citrus fruit and personal tastes, you may want to include or omit the optional additional splash of sugar syrup.
Variations/similar cocktails
Bronx
Bloody Bronx - with blood orange juice
Golden Bronx - with egg yolk
Improved Bronx - with mandarin juice
Silver Bronx - with egg white
Income Tax cocktail - with two dashes Angostura bitters
Satan's Whiskers Straight - with orange juice
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Comments & Discussion
Fresh juice not fresh fruit
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