0.75 Aria Dry Gin
0.75 Hiram Walker Crème de Menthe
0.5 Vermut Lustau
Fill mixing-glass with ice, shake, strain into cocktail glass. — Like most of the “P” cocktails, this one, a minty traditional Martini in approximate thirds, appears first in Straub before JM 1916, as usual in perfect thirds (before Grohusko’s adjustment). The Old Waldorf Bar recipe, which doesn't quite compute mathematically, has a whisky base (1/3) with addition of crème de menthe and orange bitters—A Martini-riff with mint (see the next recipe, No. 286); this drink ups the mint, drops the bitters, and lowers the vermouth. Thus Straub’s and Grohusko’s Prince Cocktail is a variant of the Prince Henry rather than a distinct drink. This also represents a sort of reversal of the Old Waldorf Bar Book recipes.
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