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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 1/5

Duchess Cocktail

Down the Hatch's Duchess Cocktail combines cherry cordial, Plymouth gin, and lemon juice.

sweet · stone_fruit · citrus · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (2)

Down the Hatch by "Paul" (1920, p.11) — Down the Hatch 1920

1 tspLemon juice (fresh) — Lemon Juiceacid
1 ponycherry cordial — Cherry Cordialbase
1 ponyPlymouth gin — Plymouth Ginbase
  1. Shake well.
  2. Strain.

This matters because it preserves a simple cherry-cordial gin branch in the early 1920s cocktail field.

The equal split between cordial and Plymouth gin is the defining structural point here.

Cheerio! A Book of Punches and Cocktails by Charles (1928, p.26)

0.33 drinkAbsinthe — Source OCR reads Asbinthe.base
0.33 drinkFrench vermouth — French Vermouthbase
0.33 drinkItalian vermouth — Italian Vermouthmodifier
ice — Fill with ice.other
  1. Place the French vermouth, Italian vermouth, absinthe, and ice in a shaker.
  2. Shake well and serve in a Delmonico glass.

Ice: Ice

See also: Vermouth Cocktail, Albermarle Cocktail