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Cameo Kirby

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (40)
Cameo Kirby image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄2 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 fl oz Monin Raspberry Syrup

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe Engraved 7.75oz

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry or lime wedge.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with skewered raspberry or lime wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cameo Kirby contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 14.51% alc./vol. (29.02° proof)
  • 14 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe in Jacob Abraham Grohusko's 1933 Jack's Bar Manual 5th Edition.

CAMEO KIRBY COCKTAIL
50% dry gin
50% dry vermouth
2 teaspoons raspberry syrup
Juice of half a lime
Shake.

Jacob Abraham Grohusko, Jack's Bar Manual, 1933


This exhumed classic was recommended to us by Jason E. Clapham who told us that the cocktail is eponymously named after a 1923 silent movie directed by John Ford based on a 1908 play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson.

Review

Rich jammy raspberry brilliantly balances sour lime with gin and vermouth sitting alongside each other as deliciously as ever.

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Comments & Discussion

Leslie Premium Member
This was perfectly awful because it was so damn quaffable! 😉 I found it too sweet with my homemade 2:1 raspberry syrup and added another 1/4 oz of lime juice. So glad to have another addition to my list of “fruity martinis”!
score: 1
Beverly Stanton
Love that this is from the early years. They had only so many options. Loved this cocktail very tasty. Would make again and recommend to give it a try.
score: 1
Zach Schwartz
I make my raspberry syrup 2:1 sugar:juice (bottled), and using that, the drink came out a bright pink, unlike in the picture. I’m curious as to why the pictured drink is so yellow looking.
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
The cocktail in the photo was made using Monin Raspberry Syrup. I've just remade it to check and colour as per photo.
score: 0
G. M. Genovese Premium Member
My new raspberry syrup is that berry juice, pressed, 1:1 with cane sugar... had to dial back the specs 3:3:1:1 for it to gel.
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
Had this for an aperitif and it was great. Did not have the raspberry sugar syrup, so used a bit of Chambord. It was delightful. Flavourful and refreshing.
score: 2

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Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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