Name: Bloomsbury Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Licor 43; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 2 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Licor 43 Original liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

2 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR 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 Bloomsbury Martini contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.08% alc./vol. (56.16° proof)
25.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Martin Schwartz 1y

Right now I’m using Bombay Dry which has a lower abv than most London Dry gins. I find that increasing the ratio of gin (in this case 3: .5: .5) makes it a little less sweet and to me, more palatable.

Jeremy Harrold 1y

It looks nice and my partner liked it but it didn’t quite work for me. A clash of the herbal elements and vanilla for me…

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Better than I expected. My first outing for licor 43, and not a bad one! Enjoyable balance of the herbal, spicy, sweet and bitter elements.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

The apricot blush colour is really very pretty. I used Sipsmith gin, but would consider going with something less juniper forward next time.

roc nathan 4y

Not an obvious combo, but works amazingly well. Definitely on my radar now.

Patrick Valentino 4y

A great drink. I am elevating it to regular status!

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 4y

Brilliant! Got me wondering how many other gin+peychaud combos there are...

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Our Cocktail Finder is presently showing 19 cocktails with both gin and Peychaud’s bitters. Perhaps try a Darkside of a Merry Widow(er).

Carol Smith 4y

My go-to aperitif liqueur is Licor 43 AND I really only like martini-adjacent cocktails that have a bit of liqueur (e.g., Apricot; Alaska). So - unsurprisingly, this is a new hit. Thought I overdid the Peychauds given the color, but nah - delightful and quaffable. The martini-loving husband agrees.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 4y

great cocktail - though do prefer little less gin and a bit more dry vermouth

Shannon Burns 4y

I am a gin drinker, and made this with Citadelle (No Rutte's where I live). Not surprisingly, it is gin-forward, but the Licor 43 lingers pleasantly on the palate. I might try increasing Licor marginally, as the Vermouth does poke its nose in with confidence.