Vermouth, stirred
Coronation No. 1
Barline 1h,1h,d,2,c
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 1/2 oz Sherry
- 1 1/2 oz Dry vermouth
- 1 dash Maraschino liqueur
- 2 dashes Orange bitters
Stir with ice until cold, then strain.
Coupe.
Taste
The Bamboo with maraschino in it: an ounce and a half each of amontillado and dry vermouth, a dash of maraschino, two dashes of orange bitters. Nutty, dry wine, with the maraschino's cherry and almond just showing and the orange bitters on the finish. Stirred, coupe, nothing on top. Low proof, dry, and fragrant.
History
Named for the coronation of Edward VII, set for June 1902 and put back to August by the King's appendix. It first prints in Charles Mahoney's 1905 Hoffman House Bartender's Guide, credited to Joseph Rose of Murry Bros. Cafe in Newark, New Jersey, where it had taken second prize in the Police Gazette bartenders' contest of 1903. Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book has it as half sherry, half French vermouth, a dash of maraschino, two dashes of orange bitters, shaken. With no juice in it, the version here is stirred: an ounce and a half each of sherry and dry vermouth, a dash of maraschino, two of orange bitters, coupe.
Same shape, other bottles
The Vermouth family, with the bottle that changed.
- Bamboowithout maraschino liqueur
- Duplexsweet vermouth for sherry
- Vermouth Panachésweet vermouth for sherry
- Adonissweet vermouth for dry vermouth
- Sherry Cobblerwithout dry vermouth and maraschino liqueur
- Diplomatsweet vermouth for sherry
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.