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Puritan

Classic/vintage · Herbal · Martini-style

4.2 105 ratings

Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Gin
1/2 oz Dry vermouth
1/3 oz Chartreuse Yellow
1/3 oz Chilled water
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 STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour profile

25.6% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 163 calories

History

Gin provides botanical strength, vermouth enhances aromatics, while Chartreuse adds sweet herbal complexity.

This cocktail, from the 19th century, does not always get the attention it deserves. It was first documented in Frederic Lawrence Knowles' 1900 publication, The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen. The Puritan Cocktail is prepared in a mixing glass. Recipe: THREE dashes orange bitters one spoonful yellow chartreuse two-thirds Plymouth gin one-third French vermouth Fill the mixing glass with ice, stir the ingredients, and strain into a cocktail glass.