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Like some journalists I've met, this cocktail is bitter and sour, so a sweetener is called for (– an optional splash of sugar syrup)
3rd May 2024 at 20:32
This is also the proportions in the 60th edition; but the 20th goes with 1/4-1/4 sweet/dry; 1 1/2 gin; 1/2 tsp lemon-curaçao; 1 dash bitters. Wonder when between 1961 and 1979 the change happened?
2nd May at 16:17
Vietnam
4th May 2024 at 21:40
That is very interesting. Now all we need is others who have editions between the 20th and the 60th to tell us what their edition says and thereby work out when it evolved to, in my opinion, the more balanced version.
It gives the recipe as:
1.5 teaspoons dry vermouth
1.5 teaspoons sweet vermouth
1.5 oz Old Mr Boston Dry Gin
0.5 teaspoon lemon juice
0.5 teaspoon Old Mr Boston Triple Sec
1 dash Bitters
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
In my opinion, the slight change in ratios makes this a more balanced and less bitter drink.