Light Rum, shaken
King's Jubilee
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The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 1/2 oz Light rum
- 1/2 oz Maraschino liqueur
- 1/2 oz Lemon juice
Shake hard with ice, then strain.
Coupe, cherry.
Taste
An ounce and a half of light rum, half an ounce of maraschino, half an ounce of lemon. Cherry stone and almond against the lemon, rum underneath. Coupe, cherry. Maraschino is half the sour, ounce for ounce with the lemon.
History
Harry Craddock invented the King's Jubilee in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee of King George V, while head bartender at the American Bar in the Savoy. William James Tarling prints it in the 1937 Cafe Royal Cocktail Book, Coronation Edition, as Craddock's: half Daiquiri rum, a quarter Luxardo maraschino (dry), a quarter lemon juice. The United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild Approved Cocktails of the same year carries the same formula. This menu is an ounce and a half of light rum and half an ounce each of maraschino and lemon, coupe, cherry.
Same shape, other bottles
The Daisy family, with the bottle that changed.
- Rendezvousgin and lime juice for light rum and lemon juice
- Lani-HoniBénédictine for maraschino liqueur
- Katinkavodka and lime juice for light rum and lemon juice
- Hat Tipgin and elderflower liqueur for light rum and maraschino liqueur
- Jasminegin and orange liqueur for light rum and maraschino liqueur
- Sidecarcognac and orange liqueur for light rum and maraschino liqueur
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