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Eclipse No. 1

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (9)
Eclipse No. 1 image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 unit Black olives
1⁄6 fl oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
1 1⁄2 fl oz Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur
3⁄4 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. Drop pitted black olive into glass and cover with grenadine.
  2. STIR gin and sloe gin with ice.
  3. Carefully STRAIN and slowly pour down the shaft of a bar spoon to layer over grenadine.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

  • 16.5 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 1927 by Harry Craddock to celebrate that year's total solar eclipse across England and first published in his 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

ECLIPSE COCKTAIL.
1/3 Dry Gin. 2/3 Sloe Gin.
Put enough Grenadine in a cocktail glass to cover a ripe olive. Mix the spirits together and pour gently onto the grenadine so that it does not mix. Squeeze orange peel on top.

Harry Craddock, 1930


This cocktail also appears in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

ECLIPSE No. 1
Mix ⅓ Coates Plymouth Gin with ⅔ Sloe Gin, and pour this into a glass in which you have put a ripe Olive covered with Grenadine. Be sure they do not mix. Squeeze a piece of Orange Peel on top and serve.

R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

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Review

Be sure to wash your olive to avoid the surface of your cocktail being contaminated by an oil/brine slick. Sloe gin and dry gin obviously pair well, but you may want to stop sipping once you hit the grenadine base. But don't waste the olive.

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Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member
The gins float worked reasonably well, but the olive floated to the top and had to be pinned down with two (!) cocktail picks. Amusing if rather inelegant. Given the often Heath-Robinson nature of technology at the time, this does not seem inappropriate! The hidden depth charge is scrumptious. Like a Turkish coffee, I didn’t drink the last dregs of basically pure grenadine.
score: 2
Sally Morgan Premium Member
Ooh - the sweet/savoury depth charge really works here. Worth using high quality / good home made sloe gin for this.
score: 4
Miguel Perales Premium Member
I also prefer a 2:1 Sloe gin: Dry gin version, like the original version. Watch your Grenadine syrup amount because it can throw it into a "too sweet" version. I used less than 1/6 oz /5 mls Grenadine syrup (home made) and it was pushing the sweetness envelope. I also added 2 dashes of orange bitters since I was out of fresh oranges to squeeze an orange peel. Overall, a very nice cocktail. The Sloe gin is very prevalent with a 2:1 Sloe:Dry gin version and it was very nice evening/fall cocktail
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Many thanks for the feedback, Miguel. I've amended the above recipe to be in line with yours.
score: 0
David Nilsson
The gin to sloe gin ratios are switched
score: 1

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