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Spirit-forward · Stirred · Historical · complexity 2/5

Gloom Chaser

Gloom Chaser is a Royal Automobile Club favorite built on gin, vermouth, grenadine, and aniset.

sweet · red_fruit · anise · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (3)

About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.17) — Royal Automobile Club

lemon peel — Squeeze on top.acid
0.33 gillgin — Gordon's Dry Ginbase
2 dashesAniset modifier
0.17 gillvermouth — Source prints 1/6 gill without sweet/dry specification in the OCR.modifier
2 dashesGrenadine sweetener
  1. Stir and strain into cocktail glass.
  2. Squeeze lemon peel on top.

Garnish: Expressed lemon peel

This matters because it preserves a named club-favorite aromatic branch in a 1925 source.

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.32)

0.25 lemonlemon juice — Lemon Juiceacid
1 teaspooncuracao — Curaçaobase
0.5 glassrum — Bacardibase
  1. Shake well and serve.

See also: Gloom