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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

170. Hillard Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1.25 oz Aviation American Gin
  0.75 oz Casa Mariol Vermut Negro
  2 dashes Angostura bitters

In absence (perhaps fortunately) of directions for preparation, I stir this with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve. — Yet another in a long row of Straub recipes first borrowed for JM 1916, this slightly stiffer Martinez riff is altered, as typical, from its original 2:1 ratio to a more moderate 3:2, perhaps more appropriate for service in a “fine” Italian restaurant as Baracca’s must have been in the early 1900s.

Turning the Page

Greetings! We have come to the end of the Cocktails section from Jack’s Manual (1933). In the process of our study, we have discovered so...