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Defender

Classic/vintage · Short and stirred

4.1 22 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Old Tom gin
1 1/2 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
1/6 oz Crème Yvette liqueur
1 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 STIR 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

22.6% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 176 calories

History

Bitter oils from the orange zest twist are crucial to this drink's fine balance.

This drink is adapted from Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days, which states it is "The name of an American yacht which took care of one of Sir Thomas Lipton's early but seemingly endless Shamrocks". Sir Thomas Lipton's fleet of America's Cup racing yachts was named Shamrock.