The Journalist cocktail also appears in my copy of the Mr Boston Deluxe Official Bartenders Guide. Sixty-first edition. New and Revised.
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.
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?
