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Improved Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (14)
Improved Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1/3 fl oz Apricot (abricot) eau-de-vie
1/4 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1 fl oz Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime slice or wedge (or apricot).

Method

  1. SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  3. TOP with sparkling wine.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with lime (or apricot) slice/wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

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

Nutrition:

One serving of Improved Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 16.84% alc./vol. (33.68° proof)
  • 19.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

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History

Adapted from a riff on Toby Cecchini's Improved Pendennis Club Cocktail created in 2022 by Phil Ward, fellow bartender at the Long Island Bar in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Review

Dry sparkling wine dilutes and adds pleasing biscuity notes to this apricot gin sour.

Variations/similar cocktails

Cocktail Bill's 1908 Pendennis Club Cocktail
Pendennis Club Special
Improved Pendennis Club Special
Pendennis Club Revisited

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Comments & Discussion

Caspian Berggren Premium Member
Is it a delicious cocktail? Absolutely. It's bright with some bready characteristics from the eau-de-vie and wine. You might want to try it with less syrup if you like your cocktails tarter. Is it worth opening a bottle of sparkling wine for it? Eh. Do it if you know you have some people to drink the bottle with you, that also likes apricot brandy, but it's not a big improvement on the French 75. As Simon said — it's an apricot gin sour with some added sparkling wine.
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
The Improved Improved is Excellent. The Eau-de-Vie and liqueur adds a variety of apricot flavour which are softened by the herbal nature of the gin. The Champagne add grape tones and a slight effervescence. Another for the favourites.
score: 2
Florian Ruf Premium Member
With no apricot eau de vie in house I decided to use 1oz gin, 1 oz apricot brandy, ½ oz lime juice, 3 dashes Peychauds and 1 oz champagne which made a lovely, apricot forward cocktail, not too sweet and with a light salmony colour.
score: 3

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