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Jack Zeller Cocktail

The Jack Zeller Cocktail is an orange-gin and Dubonnet aperitif showing the coloured-gin side branch of the era.

orange · wine · botanical · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Ice.

Family

Variants (2)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1908, p.41) — Grohusko 1908

0.5Orange gin — Booth's orange ginbase
0.5Dubonnet — Doubonnetmodifier
ice — iceother
  1. Stir the orange gin and Dubonnet with ice.
  2. Strain and serve.

Ice: Ice

Nose
Orange botanicals and aromatised wine lift together.
Palate
This is a valuable side branch because it keeps both coloured gin and quinquina service visible in one compact pre-war aperitif.
Finish
The finish is cool, orange-toned, and vinous.
Summary
An orange-gin and Dubonnet aperitif from the coloured-gin fringe.

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.59)

0.5 portionOrange gin base
0.5 portionDubonnet modifier
ice — Fill glass with ice.other
  1. Stir the orange gin, Dubonnet, and ice.
  2. Strain and serve.

Ice: Ice

See also: Dubonnet Cocktail, Hudson Cocktail

Source spells the modifier as 'Doubonnet'; normalized to Dubonnet.