CLASSIC · KIRSCH (CHERRY EAU-DE-VIE)

Rose

Name: Rose
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Kirsch (Cherry Eau-de-Vie); 40 ml Dry Vermouth; 10 ml Strawberry Syrup; Cherry or Fresh Strawberry

Created by Johnny Mitta at the Chatham Hotel in Paris in the early 1920s and later adopted onto the IBA Unforgettables list.

Ingredients

Kirsch (Cherry Eau-de-Vie)20 ml

Dry Vermouth40 ml

Strawberry Syrup10 ml

Cherry or Fresh Strawberry

Glassware

Cocktail glass

Chilled.

Method

1
Chill a cocktail glass.
2
Combine the kirsch, dry vermouth and strawberry syrup in a mixing glass.
3
Add ice and stir for 20–25 seconds until well chilled.
4
Strain into the chilled glass.
5
Garnish with a fresh strawberry or a cherry.

From the Bartender

Created by Johnny Mitta at the Chatham Hotel in Paris in the early 1920s and later adopted onto the IBA Unforgettables list. It is vermouth-led rather than spirit-led, which makes it one of the gentlest cocktails on the official list.

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