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Warday's

After dinner/digestif · Classic/vintage · Nightcap/sipping

4.5 227 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Calvados apple brandy
1 oz Gin
1 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
1/6 oz Chartreuse Green

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon (or orange) zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. 5 Express lemon (or orange) zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

26.4% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks · 203 calories

History

Apple brandy with botanical influences from gin and Chartreuse, mellowed by fortified wine. Spirit-forward cocktail fans will like this.

This classic, exhumed for modern palates, was recommended by Jason E. Clapham, who suggests that "the war of the name rhymes with bar, at one time as a slang word for working day. WARDAY'S COCKTAIL. 1 Teaspoon Chartreuse. 1/3 Italian Vermouth. 1/3 Dry Gin. 1/3 Calavdos or Apple Brandy. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. This cocktail is notably featured in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.