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Pancho Villa
Dilution is key to this cocktail so either shake with crushed ice (as per the original recipe) or do as I do and add chilled water. Even then, to quote...
Peter McCarthy
1st November 2024 at 01:44
FWIW, Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic copyrighted in 1947 has a PANCHO VILLA COCKTAIL that looks to be basically the same as the 1972 version referenced above: https://issuu.com/iba-world/docs/bartenders_guide_by_trader_vic
1st November 2024 at 09:45
Many thanks, Peter. I've added a reference and quote for the 1947 guide.
23rd October 2024 at 17:54
Additionally, the recipe may not be the most correct. The first mention of this drink is in The Gentleman's Companion (1939), with it calling for a moderately aged rum and "dry apricot brandy". Could this mean apricot eau-de-vie instead? If that is the case, this is a very different cocktail. Could merit its own page.
24th October 2024 at 06:33
Thanks, Chris. I've added Charles H. Baker's recipe above and also referenced the boxer this cocktail is named after.
24th January 2024 at 11:51
Shook with cracked ice. Very weird, medicinal taste unfortunately, with the apricot and cherry combining with predominant gin to become something like apricot cough syrup with astringency. Really strange. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the quality of the cherry liqueur (I used Marie Brizard Jolie Cherry).
25th September 2021 at 23:51
Very intriguing cocktail. With this name I thought it would use tequila, but the mixtures of all the ingredients blend to taste similar to the tequila drink.
4th March 2021 at 23:46
Potent pick me up and lays you flat - does exactly what it says!