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Gasoline

Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) · Nightcap/sipping

4.1 6 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Sage gin
1 oz Dry vermouth
1/2 oz Crème de cassis
1/6 oz Kirschwasser

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of skewered morello cherry in kirsch.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with morello cherry.

Flavour profile

22.1% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 192 calories

History

Rich blackcurrant fruit balanced by dry vermouth and gin and kirschwasser. This cocktail is better shaken than stirred for crucial aeration and dilution. Enjoy while still foaming.

The Gasoline Cocktail is first documented in the "Cocktails Round Town" section written by Arthur Moss within Harry McElhone's 1927 book, Barflies and Cocktails. Mac plus Alister is the name given to the boulevardier who describes with automotive enthusiasm what he terms a "Gasoline Cocktail." Mac states: "Prime with a liberal dash of Kirsch. Mix with Cassis. Drive off with French vermouth. And brake with gin."

Created by Mac Alister