Gin, stirred
Journalist
Barline 1h,h,h,q,q,1,cl
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz Sweet vermouth
- 1/2 oz Dry vermouth
- 1/4 oz Orange liqueur
- 1/4 oz Lemon juice
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
Stir with ice until cold, then strain.
Coupe, lemon twist.
Taste
An ounce and a half of gin, then a half ounce each of sweet and dry vermouth, a Perfect Martini ratio. A quarter ounce of orange liqueur and a quarter ounce of lemon sit in the same glass: peel and pith, enough lemon that the drink is tart even stirred. One dash of Angostura. Coupe, lemon twist. Citrus in a stirred gin drink.
History
Harry Craddock prints the Journalist in The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930: two-thirds Gordon's dry gin, one-sixth each of French and Italian vermouth, two dashes of lemon juice, two dashes of curaçao, one dash of Angostura, shaken. No bartender is named. Paul Clarke, in Serious Eats, treats it as a Perfect Martini with dashes of lemon and orange liqueur. Both vermouths and the Angostura are Craddock's. His dashes of curaçao and lemon become a quarter ounce each of orange liqueur and lemon here, stirred, coupe, lemon.
Same shape, other bottles
The Martini family, with the bottle that changed.
- 1910mezcal, cognac, and maraschino liqueur for gin and orange liqueur
- Country Clublight rum for gin
- FitchettBénédictine for orange liqueur
- Automobilewith scotch
- VancouverBénédictine for orange liqueur
- Vieux Carrérye, cognac, and Bénédictine for gin and orange liqueur
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