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Amsterdam

Breakfast/brunch · Citrusy · Classic/vintage

3.8 25 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Oude genever
3/4 oz Triple sec
3/4 oz Orange juice
2 dash Orange bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

22.8% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 134 calories

History

Orange-yellow flavour, with genever providing a bready backbone to orange fruit. Consider serving with marmalade on toast for breakfast.

Hyma Gale and Gerald F. Marco included this drink in their 1937 book, The How and When. The original recipe calls for: Amsterdam Cocktail ½ Holland Gin ¼ Orange juice 7.5 Cointreau 4 dashes Orange bitter Strain into Cocktail Glass It was a favorite at the Carlton Hotel in Amsterdam, Nederland. This cocktail also appears in Victor Bergeron's Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, in the 1972 revised edition. Bergeron's version is: Amsterdam Cocktail 1 ounce Holland Gin ½ ounce orange juice ½ ounce cointreau 4 dashes orange bitters Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.