328. Smallwood Cocktail

My interpretation:
  0.5 oz Beefeater Gin
  0.5 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
  0.5 oz Vermut Lustau
  0.5 oz Cherry Heering 

Fill mixing-glass with cracked ice, shake, strain into cocktail glass, serve. — The origins of this perfect martini + cherry cordial are obscure. It appears only in JM1933 and nowhere in the earlier usual suspects. Whether named for the revolutionary general and governor of Maryland, or the vacationers’ hamlet in Bethel, New York, is unknown.
 

177. Hunter Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1.5 oz Hochstadters Straight Rye Whisky (100 pf)
  0.5 oz Cherry Heering

Stir, strain, serve. — This Jack’s Manual original Duo (good for an aperitif) was picked up by Jacques Straub in 1913 for his own manual, the ratios being altered, as typical, from 3:1 to 2:1.

146. Frank Hill Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1 oz Western Grace brandy
  1 oz Cherry Heering

Shake well (30 seconds) with cracked ice, strain into cocktail glass, twist lemon peel, serve. — This Jack’s Manual original after-dinner Duo goes back to 1908 and is an enjoyable way to taste the Heering without the cloying syrupy quality.