203. Larchmont Cocktail

 My interpretation:
  1.5 oz Lustau Amontillado
  1.5 oz Alessio Vermouth Chinato

Fill glass with cracked ice, stir, serve. — The first time I did this, I unconsciously inserted the word “strain” into the recipe, and got what is essentially an Adonis:

However, this is incorrect. There is no “strain.” Ever since the Third JM in 1912, this recipe has simply said “fill glass with cracked ice, stir, and serve.” So I realized it had to be served on cracked ice. This could mean in a larger, perhaps claret-sized, glass, though none is specified. Here is my latest preparation, using Lustau for the vermouth as well as the sherry. It kind of resembles an iced tea this way.

15. Armour Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters
  1.5 oz Casa Mariol Vermut Negro
  1.5 oz El Maestro Sierra Oloroso Sherry

Stir over broken ice, strain, serve. Garnish with orange peel. It’s essentially the earlier Adonis Cocktail with slightly different proportions.

2. Adonis Cocktail

My interpretation:
  2 dashes Fee Brothers Orange Bitters
  1 oz El Maestro Sierra Oloroso sherry
  2 oz Casa Mariol Vermut negro (sweet vermouth)

Stir over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist. Jack might have intended this to be stirred without ice and built in the glass, but as is often the case, the instructions are unclear, indeed, laconic to the extreme, and historical comparisons must be relied upon.