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Vermouth

Aperitivo/aperitif · Classic/vintage · Short and stirred

4.2 29 ratings

Ingredients

2 1/2 oz Dry vermouth
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1/12 oz Maraschino liqueur
12 drop Boker's style bitters

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 lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

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

Flavour profile

13.3% alc./vol. · 0.8 standard drinks · 120 calories

History

Well-balanced, herbal sweetness, dominated by vermouth, with faint maraschino, but the most important ingredient is the hidden bitters.

Fittingly, the "Vermuth Cocktail" is the first cocktail with vermouth to appear in a recipe book. Although this 1869 recipe in J. Haney's 1869 Steward and Barkeeper's Manual is not so much a cocktail, but simply vermouth served with ice and a lemon zest twist. VERMUTH COCKTAIL One wine glass of vermouth; one very small piece of ice; one small piece of lemon peel. Serve in a thin stemmed wine glass with curved lip. By Harry Johnson's 1882 New & Improved Bartender's Manual, the spelling and recipe for the Vermouth Cocktail are in line with those of today. VERMOUTH COCKTAIL. (Use a large bar glass.) Three-quarters glass of shaved ice; 4 or 5 dashes of gum; 1 or 2 dashes of orange bitters; 2 dashes of Maraschino; 1 wine glass Vermouth; stir up well with a spoon, strain it into a cocktail glass, twist a piece of lemon peel on top, and serve. He repeats this recipe in the 1888 edition but swaps orange bitters for Boker's bitters. 102. VERMOUTH COCKTAIL. (Use a large bar glass.) ¾ glass of shaved ice ; 4 or 5 dashes of gum ; 2 or 3 dashes of Bitters (Boker's genuine only) ; 1 wine glass Vermouth ; 2 dashes of Maraschino ; Stir up well with a spoon ; strain it into a cocktail glass, twist a piece of lemon peel on top, and serve. The Vermouth Cocktail also notably features in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book but with a much-simplified recipe. VERMOUTH COCKTAIL. 1 Glass Italian or French Vermouth. 4 Dashes Orange or 1 Dash Angostura Bitters. Stir well and strain into cocktail glass

Created by Harry Johnson