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Eclipse No. 1

Classic/vintage

3.8 10 ratings

Ingredients

1 unit Black olives
1/6 oz Grenadine syrup
1 1/2 oz Sloe gin liqueur
3/4 oz Gin

How to make

Serve in a nick & nora glass

Prepare

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

Method

  1. 3 Drop pitted black olive into glass and cover with grenadine.
  2. 4 STIR gin and sloe gin with ice.
  3. 5 Carefully STRAIN and slowly pour down the shaft of a bar spoon to layer over grenadine.

Garnish

  1. 6 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

History

Wash your olive to avoid surface contamination by oil/brine. Sloe gin and dry gin pair well, but stop sipping at the grenadine base. Don't waste the olive.

Harry Craddock developed this drink in 1927 to mark the total solar eclipse visible in England that year. Its first printed appearance was in his 1930 publication, The Savoy Cocktail Book. ECLIPSE COCKTAIL. 1/3 Dry Gin. 2/3 Sloe Gin. Fill a cocktail glass with enough Grenadine to coat a ripe olive. Combine the gins and carefully pour them over the grenadine, ensuring they remain unmixed. Finish by expressing orange peel over the surface. This drink is also listed in R. de Fleury's 1934 work, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar. ECLIPSE No. 1 Combine ⅓ Coates Plymouth Gin with ⅔ Sloe Gin. Pour this mixture into a glass containing a ripe olive submerged in Grenadine. It is important that these do not combine. Squeeze a piece of Orange Peel over the top before serving.

Created by Harry Craddock