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Delmarva Cocktail No.1

Name: Delmarva Cocktail No.1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 20 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml White crème de menthe; 10 ml Lemon juice

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Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
2/3 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/2 fl oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
1/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare mint sprigs for garnish.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Delmarva Cocktail No.1 contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.99% alc./vol. (45.97° proof)
23.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created by Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh, who hails from America's Delmarva Peninsula. I believe Ted's original recipe (and certainly our previous rendition of it) comprised:
60ml (2oz) Bourbon
15ml (½oz) Dry vermouth
15ml (½oz) White crème de menthe
15ml (½oz) Lemon juice
I reworked and rebalanced this to the above recipe in August 2022.

More cocktails by Ted Haigh AKA Dr Cocktail

Review

A minty fresh, dry, whiskey-based palate cleanser.

Maker's Mark bourbon 375ml - makes 7.5 cocktails
$18.99 $2.53 per cocktail Maker's Mark bourbon image

Giffard Menthe Pastille 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$39.99 $0.80 per cocktail Giffard Menthe Pastille image

$3.33 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 7.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Dimal 3y

Good, if a bit strange. The Bourbon and lemon are what is most prominent. The mint takes a back seat, only coming if you keep it within your palate for longer. The dry vermouth is completely absent. I do worry for the balance had the dry vermouth been more prominent, however.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Which brands did you use? I had a different experience... Tried this twice, first using a cheap creme de menthe (a blaringly menthol, garbage drink), then Branca Menta (better, but still repulsive).

David Teager 3y

While this bears a passing resemblance to a Paper Plane (one of the best “new” cocktails, IMO), this one doesn’t quite get off the ground.

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