Whist
3.8 11 ratings
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Calvados apple brandy
3/4 oz Light white rum
3/4 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- 2 Prepare thin apple slice (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish
- 5 Float (dehydrated) apple slice for garnish.
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
26.8% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 192 calories
History
A spirit-forward after-dinner cocktail, perhaps improved by a generous spray from an orange zest twist.
Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book includes a recipe for this drink. WHIST COCKTAIL. ¼ Bacardi Rum. ¼ Italian Vermouth. ½ Calvados. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. This cocktail is a delightful beverage with a history in the West Indies stretching back countless years. It could be characterized as a West Indies "Sundowner".
Created by Harry Craddock