Scotch, stirred
Automobile
Barline Q,Q,Q,2,cc
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 3/4 oz Scotch
- 3/4 oz Gin
- 3/4 oz Sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes Orange bitters
Stir with ice until cold, then strain.
Coupe, cherry.
Taste
Three-quarters of an ounce each of scotch, gin, and sweet vermouth, so none of the three wins. Two dashes of orange bitters keep peel in the mix. Stirred, coupe, cherry. Juniper against malt, grape in the middle. A short equal-parts drink: two and a quarter ounces before the ice.
History
Jacques Straub prints an Auto Cocktail in 1914 Drinks as equal French vermouth, Tom gin, and Scotch whiskey, shaken. Frank Meier, at the Ritz Bar in Paris, prints the Automobile in The Artistry of Mixing Drinks in 1934: a dash of orange bitters and one-third each of Italian vermouth, gin, and Scotch whisky, stirred. This menu follows Meier. It pours three-quarters of an ounce each of scotch, gin, and sweet vermouth, two dashes of orange bitters, coupe, cherry.
Same shape, other bottles
The Martini family, with the bottle that changed.
- Vieux Carrérye and cognac for scotch and gin
- Fitchettwith Bénédictine
- Bijouwith Chartreuse
- Journalistwith dry vermouth and lemon juice
- Vancouverdry vermouth for sweet vermouth
- 1910mezcal and cognac for scotch and gin
This is one drink on my home bar's menu. Tick the bottles you own and the menu lists which of all 185 drinks they pour.