15 August The Marguerite
We have a bottle of the decidedly less juniper-y Plymouth Gin in our liquor cabinet and, while it is a pleasant, well-rounded smooth spirit, it doesn’t always work with cocktails that rely on juniper forward gins such as Tanquery. The Plymouth Gin website has several interesting sounded cocktails and this gem from 1904’s Stuart’s Fancy Drinks and How to Mix Them, The Maguerite was one that fascintated me. Basically, in this iteration, it is a martini with orange bitters. There are other concoctions out there with these same basic ingredients adding orange liquor to the mix. Tonight, I stuck with the basics.
Ingredients:
The Margurite
Ingredients
2 parts Plymouth gin
1 part dry vermouth
2 shakes orange bitters
Method
The gin and vermouth should be chilled ahead of time. Also doesn’t hurt to mix in a glass and STIR (not shaken)
Strain if you used ice and then serve with a twist of orange peel.