CLASSIC · LONDON DRY GIN

Satan's Whiskers

Name: Satan's Whiskers
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml London Dry Gin; 15 ml Dry Vermouth; 15 ml Sweet Red Vermouth; 15 ml Grand Marnier; 15 ml Fresh Orange Juice; Orange Bitters; Orange Twist

Six ingredients in near-equal measure that should collapse into mud and instead produce one of the brightest cocktails of the 1930s.

Ingredients

London Dry Gin15 ml

Dry Vermouth15 ml

Sweet Red Vermouth15 ml

Grand Marnier15 ml

Fresh Orange Juice15 ml

Orange Bitters

Orange Twist

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Coupe glasses, set of 4Ad

Flavor

Cherry · Ginger · Heat (burn) · Lime · Orange · Orange blossom

Estimated profile

A cigar alongside More like this

Method

1
Chill a coupe glass.
2
Combine the gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, Grand Marnier and orange juice in a shaker.
3
Add a dash of orange bitters.
4
Add ice and shake hard for 10–12 seconds.
5
Fine-strain into the chilled coupe and express an orange twist over the top.

The kit for this drink

Glassware Shake and strain Prep and serve

From the Bartender

From the Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930, where it appears in two versions: "curled" with orange curaçao and "straight" with Grand Marnier. This is the straight one. Despite the six ingredients it is a gentle drink — barely stronger than a glass of wine.

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