Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.23) — Lowe 1904
| 0.33 glass | Calisaya liqueur — calisaya | base |
| Plymouth gin — Fill the balance of the glass. | base |
- Add ice to a mixing glass.
- Pour in the calisaya and Plymouth gin, shake well, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
- Nose
- Dry quinine-like bitterness and gin botanicals dominate the nose.
- Palate
- Deronda is useful because it shows the cocktail world pushing toward drier, more aperitif-like bittered combinations without relying on vermouth alone.
- Finish
- The finish is bitter, dry, and lightly resinous.
- Summary
- A dry calisaya-and-gin aperitif from the late bittered cocktail branch.