364. Waldorf Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1 oz Castle & Key London dry gin
  1 oz Kronan Swedish punsch
  1 tsp lemon juice
  1 tsp lime juice

Fill mixing-glass with ice, shake well (30-40 seconds), strain into cocktail glass, serve. —This Gin-Swedish Punsch Sour is one of several Waldorf cocktails preserved by Grohusko in JM 1916 and 1933 after Straub’s inclusion of them in 1913/1914. The same recipe appears in the Savoy Cocktail Book (1930). Curiously it does not appear in the Old Waldorf Bar Book (at least in the cocktail section).

165. Havana Cocktail

 

My interpretation:

  1 oz Kronan Swedish Punsch

  0.75 oz Aviation American Gin

  0.25 oz Rothman & Winter Apricot Liqueur

  1 dash fresh lemon juice.

Shake for 30 seconds with broken ice, strain into cocktail glass, serve. — This recipe, only appearing in JM1933, seems to be a correction (at least, an improvement) of the recipe in the Savoy Cocktail Book, which calls for a 1/2 jigger of Apricot and a 1/4 each of Swedish Punsch and Gin. Making this more of a rum-gin base with apricot / lemon accent makes a lot of sense for the cocktail realm, unless a sweet dessert drink is desired. The final color of the drink rich and distinctive.