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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

66. B. V. D. Cocktail


My interpretation:
  0.33 oz Bacardí 8 (1/3 pony)
  1.66 oz Bombay Sapphire
  1 oz  Gallo Extra Dry

Shake well (20 seconds) with ice, strain into cocktail glass. — This classic cocktail, not appearing in previous editions of JM, was added to the Post-Prohibition 1933 edition from an unknown source, perhaps with intentional adjustment of the proportions. It calls for a gin-heavy drink light on the rum, where other recipes often call for equal parts. A cynic might call it a “Dry Martini with a dash of rum.”
 

Turning the Page

Greetings! We have come to the end of the Cocktails section from Jack’s Manual (1933). In the process of our study, we have discovered so...