Metropole Cocktail
Source:
Modern American Drinks
page:
39
2
dash
gum syrup
Substitution:
simple syrup
Ingredient: gum syrup
Also Known As: Gomme syrup What it is: SyrupAn ingredient commonly used in mixed drinks. Like bar syrups, it is a sugar and water mixture, but has an added ingredient of gum arabic which acts as an emulsifier.
2
dash
Peychaud bitters
1
dash
orange bitters
Substitution:
bitter
Ingredient: orange bitters
What it is: BittersA bitters is an alcoholic beverage that contains herbal essences, has a bitter or bittersweet flavor, and
1/2
jigger
brandy
Ingredient: brandy
What it is: BrandyBrandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn—"burnt wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine, the wine having first been produced by fermenting grapes. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. While some brandies are aged in wooden casks, most are colored with caramel coloring to imitate the effect of such aging.
1/2
jigger
French vermouth
Substitution:
vermouth
Ingredient: French vermouth
Also Known As: Dry vermouth, White vermouth What it is: VermouthFortified wine, flavored with aromatic herbs and spices ("aromatized" in the trade) such as cardamom, cinnamon, marjoram and chamomile.
1/2
large bar glass
ice
fine
Ingredient: ice
What it is: AdditiveThe 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).
Two dashes gum-syrup, two dashes Peyschaud bitters, one dash orange bitters, half a jigger brandy, half a jigger French vermouth, a mixing- glass half-full fine ice. Mix, strain into cocktail- glass, add a maraschino cherry.
