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Spirit-forward · Stirred · Historical · complexity 2/5

Defender

Defender is a lemon, brandy, and rum drink served up with fruit.

Served in Star-glass. Ice: Ice.

Variants (2)

Louis' Mixed Drinks with Hints for the Care & Serving of Wines by Louis Muckensturm (1906, p.105)

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
2 liqueur-glassesbrandy — Brandybase
1 liqueur-glassrum — Rumbase
1 teaspoonfulsugar — Sugarbase
  1. Fill the mixing-glass with ice, stir well, strain into a star-glass, ornament with fruit, and serve.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Ice

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.47)

0.5 partgin — Tom ginbase
1 dashorange bitters base
2 dashescrème yvette — Creme Yvettemodifier
0.5 partsweet vermouth — Italian vermouthmodifier
  1. Stir with ice and serve.

Named for an American yacht that took care of one of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrocks.