Name: Warday's Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Calvados apple brandy; 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Chartreuse Green

Warday's Cocktail
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₆ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon (or orange) zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lemon (or orange) zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Apple brandy with complex botanical influences from both gin and Chartreuse mellowed by botanically enriched fortified wine. If you like spirit-forward cocktails, then this Yale Fence on monastic steroids takes some beating.

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Variant:

Yale Fence

History:

An exhumed classic recommended to us by Jason E. Clapham who says "the war of the name rhymes with bar, at one time as a slang word for working day.

This cocktail notably features in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

WARDAY'S COCKTAIL.
1 Teaspoon Chartreuse.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
1/3 Dry Gin.
1/3 Calavdos or Apple Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Warday's Cocktail contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
26.44% alc./vol. (26.44° proof)
25.1 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Ruth Harvey

19th June at 17:52

We love a spirit forward cocktail and this one delivers! I traded l'Ermitage Saint Valbert for the, in the meantime overpriced and difficult to source Green Chartreuse. I don't know if it was this substitution which necessitated the addition of a splash of sugar syrup.....but we got there in the end. If colour is your thing and you are looking for a clear ruby red cocktail...you have found it.

Frank Caiafa

30th April at 03:02

Just an FYI folks.
This recipe is incorrectly listed in "1967 Cocktails and Mixed Drinks" by Charles Tuck, as a "Waldorf" cocktail.
Cheers!

Simon Difford

30th April at 07:24

Many thanks for the clarification, Frank.

John CARR

25th February at 13:48

Revisiting with laird’s 86, Plymouth gin and dopo teatro. Multilayered and so many beautiful flavours here. Be sure to balance plus/minus millilitres for your ingredients. I find Chartreuse quite strong so relatively increased the others, especially gin and applejack. Top stuff!!

Alex S

15th March at 20:35

I agree with this on the chartreuse front! But still a great cocktail.

John CARR

5th October 2023 at 12:55

Waiting for my new bottle of avallen to arrive so I can try this!

John CARR

16th January 2024 at 11:32

Liked this with Dubonnet, an orange twist and on the rocks - it’s rather like a green apple Negroni!

Simon Difford

5th October 2023 at 13:08

Worth the wait. It's delicious.

Jeff Harris

15th March 2022 at 22:27

This is a great cocktail! I will add this to my list of favorites.

Vera Lycaon

15th January 2022 at 06:39

Like an apple brandy-laced Martinez, with the orange influences exchanged for the complex herbs of Chartreuse. Wonderful as a nightcap; though only a bar spoon, the liqueur adds a lot.

Beverly Stanton

11th December 2021 at 23:46

Very nice after dinner cocktail. This is a true sipper. Love the touch of Chartreuse.

John Hinojos

28th September 2021 at 00:30

This was outstanding. Great balance. The Chartreuse added to the herbal flavours in the gin. Just sweet enough to be a perfect aperitif.

Calvin Grant

8th July 2021 at 03:48

Solid five! May add a plus to that with the right vermouth. Made mine with Antica Formula. Looking forward to alternatives. Will try it without the Chartreuse. Maybe.