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Ardsley Cocktail

Straub's Ardsley Cocktail is a two-part bittered cordial drink of calisaya and sloe gin.

bitter · berry · herbal · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

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Variants (1)

Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub (1913, p.14) — Straub 1913

1 jiggerCalisaya base
1 jiggersloe gin — Sloe Ginbase
  1. Shake.
  2. Serve in a cocktail glass.

This matters because it shows the pre-war aperitif field still making room for compact all-cordial drinks rather than only vermouth-spirit standards.

See also: Black Hawk Cocktail, Sloe Gin Cocktail