Name: Emerson
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Old Tom gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur

Emerson
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The botanical notes of old tom with herbal vermouth, zesty citrus and sweet maraschino. Reminiscent of a Last Word without Chartreuse.

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History:

Recipe adapted from Jacques Straub's 1913 Straub's Manual Of Mixed Drinks.

EMERSON COCKTAIL
½ Lime Juice.
3 Dashes Maraschino.
⅓ Jigger Italian Vermouth.
½ Jigger Old Tom Gin.
Shake.
Jacques Straub, Straub's Manual Of Mixed Drinks, 1913

Nutrition:

One serving of Emerson contains 165 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.58% alc./vol. (19.58° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Werd Bmocsil

26th June at 01:39

Hayman's Old Tom, Luxardo Maraschino, and Carpano Antica for mine. Perhaps a different vermouth next time, as it sat well off the stage, in the wings. Maybe that is the point? I thought Foro Vermouth di Torino would clash. :shrug:

CJ Grant

1st May at 00:36

This cocktail seemed to pull a little more out of the gin than I was getting straight, which I found interesting. I went scant on the Luxardo, closer to 1/4oz, and feel I could've gone the full 1/3 with the specific brand choices I made.

Jeremy Harrold

22nd August 2024 at 16:55

Nice, balanced and sufficiently interesting to make you want two!

David Teager

9th August 2024 at 22:47

We used a maraschino that was not as sweet asLuxardo, so I think we would need to cut back on the lime juice a bit.

John Hinojos

9th April 2024 at 00:33

An excellent example of how a pre-Prohibition cocktail would have tasted. Slightly sweet, but not as much as I was expecting. The various flavours mix perfectly together and provides a nice cocktail which would a welcome any time of the day.