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Depth Charge (Savoy recipe)
Wet Martini-like with pronounced quinine. A hot weather Martini, perhaps. I tried the Depth Charge with various proportions of Lillet Blanc and Kina...
Calvin Grant
22nd November 2025 at 03:08
This one still floats my boat. Tried it tonight with Bonal/Lillet. ☆☆☆☆☆♡
30th May 2025 at 15:33
Might be my favourite application for Kina L’aero d’or so far (twentieth century was also brilliant!). Full of vintage flavour and richness. Wonderfully herbal, fruity and vinous - finished off a bottle of Sipsmith 30ml and 15ml Tanq 10 combined to display some virtuoso gin aromatics. This is roughly my ideal blend of Lillet to L’aero - I find 1:1 overpowers the wonderful sauv Blanc in Lillet so 3:2 or 2:1 much better.
If you like Versprrs and Corpse reviver no.2 definitely try this.
If you like Versprrs and Corpse reviver no.2 definitely try this.
24th June 2025 at 02:24
Better than excellent! Lovely ratio and twenty four drops of absinthe balanced perfectly. Now on to the twentieth century...
10th November 2024 at 18:37
Lillet Blanc and Cocchi Americano made for a unique drink. And I really enjoyed it. But, knowing how Kina LD tastes, boy, do I wanna try that soon... Not sure a lemon peel was best (orange or grapefruit sounds better), but it did enhance the hairiness of the non-gin ingredients.
15th September 2023 at 15:56
Very good made with Lillet Blanc and Bonal Gentiane-Quina aperitif. The absinthe was noticeable but not dominant.
15th September 2023 at 14:17
30 ml mayfair High tea gin, 35 ml cocchi americano, l'extreme d'absente bitter, orange zest. Absolutely fantastic cocktail.