Farmers' Cocktail — The Cocktail Ontologist

Family

Aromatic Cocktail Family — descendant

Variants (2)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1908, p.34) — Grohusko 1908

1 dash	Angostura bitters	base
0.5	London dry gin — Gordon dry gin	base
0.3	dry vermouth — Chappaz French Vermouth	modifier
0.2	sweet vermouth — Bailor Vermouth	modifier
0.5 glass	ice — cracked ice	other

Shake the Angostura bitters, gin, and both vermouths with cracked ice.
Frappe, strain, and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

Nose: Gin and bitters rise over a cool vermouth base.
Palate: This is a very useful ratio marker because it shows the pre-war gin aperitif line still balancing dry and sweet vermouth rather than resolving fully into one camp.
Finish: The finish is dry-leaning, bittered, and cool.
Summary: A mixed-vermouth gin aperitif from the transitional Martini field.

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.50)

1 dash	Angostura bitters	base
0.5 portion	dry gin — Source gives 50% dry gin.	base
0.3 portion	French vermouth — Source gives 30% French vermouth.	modifier
0.2 portion	Italian vermouth — Source gives 20% Italian vermouth.	modifier
0.33 glass	ice — cracked ice	other

Frappe the Angostura bitters, dry gin, French vermouth, Italian vermouth, and cracked ice.
Strain and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

See also: Dry Martini Cocktail, Bronx Cocktail