Lone Tree — The Cocktail Ontologist

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Drinks as They Are Mixed by Paul E. Lowe (1904, p.25) — Lowe 1904

1 wine-glass	Old Tom gin — Tom gin	base
1 pony	sweet vermouth — Italian vermouth	modifier

Nose: Sweetened gin botanicals and vermouth herbs sit close together on the nose.
Palate: Lone Tree is useful because it preserves how little distance sometimes remained between a named cocktail and a stripped two-part gin-and-vermouth service.
Finish: The finish is herbal, lightly sweet, and dry at the edge.
Summary: A minimal Old Tom-and-vermouth cocktail from the pre-Martini naming field.

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.57)

0.5 part	gin — Plymouth gin	base
1 dash	orange bitters	base
0.5 part	sweet vermouth — Italian vermouth	modifier

Named for a lone tree on a golf course near Philadelphia.

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.33)

0.67 part	gin — Gin	base
0.33 part	sweet vermouth — Italian Vermouth	base
1 unit	Olive — Olive	garnish

Garnish: Olive

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.136)

0.33 part	gin — dry gin	base
4 dashes	orange bitters — Cointreau Bitters	bitter
0.33 part	dry vermouth — Martini dry vermouth	modifier
0.33 part	sweet vermouth — Martini sweet vermouth	modifier

See also: Love