Gin, shaken
Olivette
Barline 1,1,h,cO
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 oz Gin
- 1 oz Dry vermouth
- 1/2 oz Elderflower liqueur
Shake hard with ice, then strain.
Coupe, olive.
Taste
Equal ounces of gin and dry vermouth, a fifty-fifty Martini, with a half ounce of elderflower as the sweet. No juice, no bitters. Shaken, so it clouds a little. Coupe, olive. Floral gin, dry wine, and a brine finish.
History
Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book prints an Olivette Cocktail of Plymouth gin, absinthe, orange bitters, and syrup, with an olive; that is not this drink. This menu's Olivette is gin, dry vermouth, and elderflower, the formula St-Germain publishes as a house cocktail: equal gin and Noilly Prat, half an ounce of the liqueur, green olive. St-Germain itself dates to 2007. Dante in New York bottles a related Olivette Martini with both vodka and gin. This menu shakes the St-Germain pour and keeps the olive.
Same shape, other bottles
The Martini family, with the bottle that changed.
- Fifty-Fiftywithout elderflower liqueur
- Martiniwithout elderflower liqueur
- Bobby Burnsscotch and sweet vermouth for gin and dry vermouth
- Burnt Fuselagecognac and orange liqueur for gin and elderflower liqueur
- Claridgeapricot liqueur and orange liqueur for elderflower liqueur
- Newarkapple brandy and sweet vermouth for gin and dry vermouth
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.