Snyder Martini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
1 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
16 oz Orange Curaçao liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

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

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

A 2:1 Dry Martini but with a splash of orange curaçao mellowing the dryness and adding more subtle complexity than orange bitters.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

SNYDER COCKTAIL.
1/3 French Vermouth.
2/3 Dry Gin.
3 Dashes Curaçao.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Twist orange peel on top.

Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Snyder Martini contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 24.86% alc./vol. (24.86° proof)
  • 23.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Michael Cronin’s Avatar Michael Cronin
24th August at 18:53
Stirred so that it was crystal clear. I did add a dash of orange bitters once poured. Initially soft orange gives way to slight bitter.
Graham Taylor’s Avatar Graham Taylor
19th August at 20:20
How comes it's shaken and not stirred?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
20th August at 07:50
Like most cocktails in his book, Harry Craddock called for this cocktail to be shaken. However, modern bartending convention calls for this cocktail to be stirred.
Fredrik Rosin’s Avatar Fredrik Rosin
28th June at 07:40
Great cocktail! We did it like the original Savoy recipe with 45 ml gin and 22,5 ml dry vermouth. Still a very good drink we will do again.
Chris Haley’s Avatar Chris Haley
30th December 2023 at 23:29
I love this. Use a juniper forward London Dry and the curacao provides nice balance in my opinion.
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Anonymous

3rd October 2021 at 17:46
Pleasant enough but missing something...
Brandon Fosdick’s Avatar Brandon Fosdick
17th January 2021 at 01:53
Too medicinal for me