Garnish:
Float (dehydrated) apple slice
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1 fl oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
| 1/2 fl oz | Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack |
| 1/6 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
Review:
This beautifully balanced, delicately herbal cocktail is so much more than just so-so.
History:
The "So So Cocktail" appears in Harry MacElhone's's 1923 Harry of Ciro's ABC Of Mixing Cocktails where he credits this drink to "Mr P. Soso, the popular manager of Kit-Kat Club, London."
So So Cocktail.
Harry MacElhone, 1923
1/6 Grenadine,
1/6 Calvados,
1/3 Cinzano Vermouth,
1/3 Gin.
(Invented by Mr, P. Soso, the popular manager of Ciro's Club, London.
MacElhone's recipe is repeated verbatim in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book but with MacElhone's stipulation for "Cinzano Vermouth" becoming non-brand specific "Italian vermouth".
SO-SO COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
1/6 Grenadine.
1/6 Calvados.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
1/3 Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
159 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 24.53% alc./vol. (49.06° proof)
- 19.6 grams of pure alcohol
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