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Fabulous! Love the citrus hit. Definitely stirred - no syrups or other unctuousness to contend with. We see what you mean about the similarity - texture and herbal notes - with a Corps Reviver No 2, but without the absinthe, which some will find a bonus.
So true with stirred! This one surprised me, since its drier than sounds - thanks to the small amount of juice & liqueurs and the huge amount of Martini-Mix, and the stirring technique. Definitely worth the try.
The original recipe includes "Zumo de Limón".
Right, and as a spaniard I know what that means, but maybe not all others who read the original recipe knew it means "lemon juice". Without a quantity it could be mistaken for lemon twist. I saw this recipe in Absolut.com (where it subbed Grand Marnier for Pimms Nº1 - !!??) and in CocktailBook.com more or less exact and none had lemon juice as an ingredient. The last one probably thought it meant lemon twist since they included it. Its interesting how recipes change and mutate over years, and mistakes and misunderstandings travel from one recipe to another. Mistakes are probably a creative part of cocktail history.
Should we stir it as specified Mr. Difford? Just double checking
I have found this cocktail elsewhere without the lemon juice, only with the spirit, liqueurs and vermouth, so the stirring comes probably from that error / variant / who knows what. Named as "Mar deL Plata", emphasis in the "L".
Oude genever, Bianco/blanco vermouth, Maraschino liqueur, Boker's style bitters
Mandarin liqueur, Scotch whisky, Red bitter liqueur, Kummel liqueur, Peated malt whisky
