French Vermouth Cocktail

1900

Apéritif

Source: Modern American Drinks page: 43

3 dash orange bitters

Ingredient: orange bitters

What it is: Bitters

A bitters is an alcoholic beverage that contains herbal essences, has a bitter or bittersweet flavor, and

Substitution: bitter

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¹/₂ large bar glass ice

Ingredient: ice

What it is: Additive

The new general availability of ice in the mid 1800s revolutionized bar-tending and drinking. Ice was delivered in blocks that then had to to be broken, crushed, picked and shaved for increasingly popular individual drinks (as opposed to large punches).

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fine

1 jigger French vermouth

Ingredient: French vermouth

Also Known As: Dry vermouth, White vermouth What it is: Vermouth

Fortified wine, flavored with aromatic herbs and spices ("aromatized" in the trade) such as cardamom, cinnamon, marjoram and chamomile.

Substitution: vermouth

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1 piece lemon

Ingredient: lemon

What it is: Fruit

Common name for Citrus limon.

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peel

Three dashes orange bitters in mixing-glass half full fine ice; add one jigger French vermouth. Mix well, strain into cocktail-glass; add a piece twisted lemon-peel on top.