My interpretation:
1 oz Gin Lane 1751 London Dry
1 oz Dubonnet Rouge (US)
In mixing-glass 1/2 full of cracked ice stir 20 seconds with even stroke, strain into cocktail glass, serve. — In 1908, this somewhat controversial cocktail (spelled Doubonnet at first) has the instructions “Twist of orange peel, shake, strain, and serve.” The instruction continues unimpeded until 1916, when it is revised in no uncertain terms: “Stir well, don’t shake.” This correction could not have come from Straub 1913, which also calls for shaking; yet 1916 may have Straub in mind when it further specifies “No bitters of any kind,” since Straub’s recipe (and perhaps others’) called for orange bitters. The Savoy Cocktail Book calls only for stirring and straining. Thus in JM 1916 we have a clean break from past JM tradition with a proper stir replacing the shake, no twist of orange peel, and no bitters. It is a clean drink of the connoisseur who likes his Dubonnet to be unadulterated. NB: No attempt to shake or add orange products was made in the pictured cocktail.
An amateur mixologist prepares and assesses the cocktails and miscellaneous drink recipes in Jack Grohusko's mixed drinks manual.
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