Twelve Miles Out
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a nick & nora glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish
- 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Flavour profile
27.8% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 156 calories
History
Stirred or shaken, this cocktail remains boozy yet is wonderfully aromatic, with all three ingredients combining harmoniously.
The Twelve Miles Out is one of several drinks from the Prohibition era that bear names referencing the distance from shore marking a nation's territorial waters. Historically, this limit was set at three nautical miles (5.6 km) in the 18th century, representing the range from which shoreside cannons could repel intruders. Consequently, during Prohibition, U.S. jurisdiction extended only three miles offshore, allowing for the legal distribution of alcohol to vessels situated beyond these waters. As offshore gatherings proliferated, the U.S. entered into agreements with nations like the UK and France to acknowledge American authorities' right to enforce Prohibition and anti-smuggling laws up to an expanded 12-mile limit. Inevitably, these parties relocated further out to sea. On December 29, 1988, President Reagan increased the territorial waters of the United States to 12 miles, up from 3 miles. The notoriety of the three-mile and later the 12-mile limits of federal reach during Prohibition inspired the creation of the Three Miller/Three Mile Limit, the Twelve Miles Out, and the Twelve Mile Limit cocktails. This recipe is adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, which specifies shaking this cocktail instead of stirring. TWELVE MILES OUT COCKTAIL 1/3 Bacardi Rum. 1/3 Swedish Punch. 1/3 Calvados. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze orange peel on top. Shake.
Created by Harry Craddock