Queen's Cocktail — The Cocktail Ontologist

Variants (3)

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.71) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

0.5 glass	gin	base
1 chunk	pineapple — Muddle in the shaker.	base
1 slice	Orange — Muddle in the shaker.	garnish
0.5 glass	French vermouth — French Vermouth	modifier
0.5 glass	Italian vermouth — Italian Vermouth	modifier

Muddle the pineapple and orange in the shaker with ice and add the vermouths and gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a fruit-muddled dual-vermouth gin branch in the London 1923 field.

The muddled pineapple and orange are the defining source-specific features.

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.55)

0.33 part	gin — Gin	base
1 slice	Orange — Orange slice	base
0.33 part	French vermouth	modifier
0.33 part	Italian vermouth — Vermouth Turin	modifier

Garnish: Orange slice

The source attributes this to Harry Craddock, New York.

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.67) — Barflies 1927

0.33 part	gin	base
1 chunk	Pineapple chunk — Pineapple	base
1 slice	orange slice — Orange	garnish
0.33 part	French vermouth — French Vermouth	modifier
0.33 part	Italian vermouth — Italian Vermouth	modifier

Put the pineapple and orange in the shaker, add ice and the remaining ingredients, shake well, and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a muddled-fruit dual-vermouth gin branch under the Queen's name in McElhone's field.

See also: Plaza Cocktail, Perfect Cocktail