Sunday, April 8, 2018

8. Anderson Cocktail


My interpretation:
  3 oz Hawthorn’s London Dry Gin
  1 oz Casa Mariol Vermut Negro (sweet vermouth)

The curious notice to use a mixing glass is presumably to enable the proper frappéing of the mixture. Perhaps it is an artifact from the original source. In any event, I follow obediently, filling with cracked ice, frappéing, straining, and serving—here in a large glass. I disobey the letter by twisting the peel last and making it a garnish.


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