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Deshler Cocktail
A dry Manhattan-like cocktail with zesty citrus. Some will object to the scummy head caused by shaking rather than stirring but a Deshler must be shaken
Tuber Magnatum
12th June at 23:28
I had to try this intrigued by the description of a "scummy head" and that is exactly what one gets using the recommended Regal Shake! As to the cocktail itself, very tasty, but I may try the PDT variation next time which uses only 30ml of Dubonnet and ups the Cointreau to 7.5 (and which is stirred rather than shaken). Elsewhere I have read that the cocktail was in fact named after the American boxer Dave Deshler (no relation to the hotel Deshler) who fought from 1903-1917. While I can't comment on the veracity of the naming, I'm inclined to believe the story provided above in Difford's description.