Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.79)
| 0.5 glass | ice — fine ice | base |
| 1 wine glass | London dry gin — London Dry Burrough gin | base |
| 2 dashes | Aromatic bitters | bitter |
| 1 | Olive | garnish |
| 1 dash | Benedictine — benedictine | modifier |
- Half fill a mixing glass with fine ice and add the aromatic bitters, Benedictine, and London Dry Burrough gin.
- Spoon well, strain into a cocktail glass, put in an olive, and serve.
Garnish: Olive.
Ice: Fine ice
This is a useful London-dry aromatic checkpoint from a period when specific gin identities were still often named.
The drink's dry stirred structure is the main point rather than any showy garnish or lengthening.