Name: Knickerbocker Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

Knickerbocker Martini
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Aromatic vermouth dominates but gin botanicals put up a spirited defence in this flavoursome 'medium' Martini.

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Variant:

Knickerbocker - rum based with raspberry syrup served over crushed ice
Knickerbocker Special - rum based with raspberry syrup served straight-up

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

KNICKERBOCKER COCKTAIL.
1 dash Italian Vermouth.
⅓ French Vermouth,
⅔ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel on top.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Knickerbocker Martini contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
24.57% alc./vol. (24.57° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Fabio Andrade

9th October 2020 at 18:31

I quite enjoyed this. Curious to try with some floral or citrusy gin and a complex and balanced dry vermouth with a subtle all-around rosso like Carpano Classico or Cocchi. Using a very simple and standard London Dry and Martini brand vermouth it was enjoyable with a bigger expressed orange peel.

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