Tuesday, July 17, 2018

113. Delmonico Cocktail


My interpretation:
  1.5 oz Hawthorn’s London Dry Gin
  1.5 oz Noilly Prat or Martini & Rossi Dry Vermouth

Shake, strain, serve in cocktail glass, garnish with orange peel. — This recipe seems to come from Straub 1913. The standard cocktail by this name currently contains a portion of Cognac or Brandy in addition to Gin and Dry Vermouth. The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book (1935) has two orange peels and adds a dash of Orange Bitters but no brandy. Here are two presentations of this recipe:
 


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