Recipe
- 1.5oz Old Tom Gin (I used Tanqueray Old Tom, but you can sub with London Dry gin plus a barspoon of simple syrup)
- Barspoon (~1tsp) of Bénédictine
- Couple dashes of orange bitters (I used Regans’ no.6)
Stir with ice and strain into a coupe. Express the oils from a lemon peel over the top and rim of the glass.
About
This is a cocktail from the 1888 Bartender’s Manual by Theodore Proulx, and it is quite fantastic. It’s a low sugar cocktail that is not lacking flavor in any way and absolutely delicious. If you like gin martinis, this takes it up a notch and adds some herbal complexity without the sweetness you often get from many herbal-forward concoctions.
Since this limited Old Tom gin here is no longer available, you can substitute by adding a barspoon/tsp of simple syrup (1:1 sugar/water) to my classic London dry gin to approximate.