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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Bennett

Fitchett's Bennett is the old Tom and lime classic with a small measure of Angostura.

sour · bitter · citrus · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Broken ice.

Variants (3)

About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.6) — About Town 1925

0.17 gilllime juice — Fresh Lime Juiceacid
2 dashesAngostura bitters — Angostura Bittersbase
0.38 gillOld Tom gin — Old Tom Ginbase
ice — Broken iceother
  1. Fill the shaker half full of broken ice and add the ingredients.
  2. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

Ice: Broken ice

This matters because it preserves the Bennett with explicit fractional gill measures in a 1925 club-checked source.

Cocktails by "Jimmy" late of Ciro's London by Jimmy (1930) — Jimmy 1930, opening A-B recipe run

1 partLime juice (fresh) — Lime Juiceacid
2 partLondon dry gin — Old Tom Ginbase
2 dash per cocktailAngostura bitters bitter
  1. Mix with plenty of cracked ice and shake well, following the book's general cocktail instruction.

The Green Cocktail Book by Jimmy, late of Ciro's London (1932, p.21)

1 partlime juice — Lime Juiceacid
2 partOld Tom gin — Old Tom Ginbase
2 dashAngostura bitters — Angostura Bittersbitter
  1. Shake all ingredients well with cracked ice and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

See also: Gin Sour, Bacardi Cocktail