Scotch, shaken
Mickie Walker
Barline 1h,h,h,h,cc
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 1/2 oz Scotch
- 1/2 oz Sweet vermouth
- 1/2 oz Grenadine
- 1/2 oz Lemon juice
Shake hard with ice, then strain.
Coupe, cherry.
Taste
An ounce and a half of scotch, then a half ounce each of sweet vermouth, grenadine, and lemon. The lemon and grenadine are why it is shaken, and the grenadine turns it pink. Coupe, cherry. Scotch, grape, and a sour pomegranate cut.
History
Harry Craddock prints the Mickie Walker Cocktail in The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930: one dash grenadine, one dash lemon juice, a quarter Italian vermouth, three-quarters Scotch whisky, shaken. The spelling is Craddock's; the name tracks Edward Patrick "Mickey" Walker, the New Jersey boxer who took the welterweight title in 1922 and the middleweight in 1926. The 1937 UKBG Approved Cocktails repeats Craddock's dashes. Craddock's spelling and his four ingredients stay. His dashes of grenadine and lemon grow to a half ounce each, level with the vermouth, against an ounce and a half of scotch.
Same shape, other bottles
The Sour family, with the bottle that changed.
- Jack Roseapple brandy and lime juice for scotch and lemon juice
- Twelve Mile Limitlight rum, rye, and cognac for scotch
- Daiquirilight rum and lime juice for scotch and lemon juice
- Gimletgin and lime juice for scotch and lemon juice
- Santiagolight rum and lime juice for scotch and lemon juice
- The Rum Drinklight rum and lime juice for scotch and lemon juice
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