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I did a 2:1 Dolin dry : Cocchi Americano to emulate a blaanc vermouth (however inaccurate), with Powers John's Lane. The lemon twist brings this together in a way I haven't noted since a Sazerac. Light, somewhat fruity (lemon plus fortified wine) and a step on the sweeter side of balanced, but quite enjoyable.

I tried this with Noilly Prat and Bushmills Blackbush, as those were the French Vermouth and Irish Whiskey I had on hand (and was willing to use in an unknown cocktail).

Under no circumstances should you make this with Noilly Prat, it was awful.

Confirmed by both my husband and I. If you've already done it, it can be 'saved' with 3/4 shot of simple or Demerara 2:1 syrup so you're not throwing it down the sink.

I will give it one more chance in the future with Dolin.

Really liked this with Bushmill's Original and Dolin Dry plus the Dr.'s Bokers and Oregon Spirit's absinthe. Excellent, dry and martini like.

I wasn't sure which way to go with this one. The summary of ingredients on the "20 best" page includes sweet vermouth but the ingredients list on the page for the cocktail omits it. Since it is described as "whiskey's answer to Gin's dry martini", I omitted it. A lovely aperitif with its shadow of absinthe.

I used a dry vermouth and angostura bitters on this one, and for me the result was too dry. I think I'll use Dolin Blanc next time around.

A very nice cocktail. No Bokers Bitters so substituted angostura. I like the balance between the vermouths.

What a great cocktail. The absinthe adds a special touch. Great for an aperitif.

Great recipe and cocktail. I can certainly recommend trying Dolin blanc as the vermouth component, it makes the different flavours blending into something quite unique. For the Irish whiskey component, it is a quite safe choice to go for the Redbreast 12.

I have started to use the quite lightly sweet Dolin blanc when old recipes call for “French vermouth” instead of the common interpretation Noilly Prat et al. — quite pleasing results so far. I’ll try it for this one too, as soon as the bottle of Boker’s/Bogart’s that I just ordered arrives.