L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.9)
| 0.5 part | sherry — Sherry | base |
| 0.5 part | Italian vermouth — Vermouth Turin | modifier |
- Stir cold and serve.
Adonis Cocktail
A dry half-and-half Adonis of sherry and Turin vermouth.
Variants (6)
Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.15) — Barflies 1927
| 1 dash | orange bitters — Orange Bitters | base |
| 0.67 part | Italian vermouth — Italian Vermouth | modifier |
| 0.33 part | sherry | modifier |
- Stir and strain into a cocktail glass.
This matters because it keeps the low-proof sherry aperitif line fully alive in a major late 1920s Paris source.
Cocktails by Piero Grandi (1927, p.24)
| 1 dash | orange bitters — Source says a thread or dash. | base |
| 0.33 glass | sherry — Sherry | modifier |
| 0.67 glass | sweet vermouth — Vermouth Italien | modifier |
- Combine the ingredients, mix well, and serve in a cocktail glass.
370 Recettes de Cocktails by Jean Lupoiu (1928, p.10)
| 1 dash | orange bitters — Bitter Orange | base |
| 0.33 | sherry — Sherry Sandeman | modifier |
| 0.67 | sweet vermouth — Vermouth Cinzano | modifier |
- Stir the ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Cocktails by Pedro Chicote (1928, p.98) — Pedro Chicote 1928
| orange bitters — Source gives a few drops. | base | |
| 0.67 part | Italian vermouth — Vermut italiano | modifier |
| 0.33 part | sherry — Jerez | modifier |
- Shake with chopped ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Ice: Chopped ice
This matters because it gives us a Spanish-language control version of the mature Adonis aperitif line.
The Art of Mixing by James A. Wiley and Helene M. Griffith (1932) — Wiley 1932, opening A-B recipe run
| 1 dash | orange bitters | base |
| 0.33 part | sherry | modifier |
| 0.67 part | sweet vermouth — Italian Vermouth | modifier |
- Mix with a little ice.
See also: Sherry Cocktail, Bamboo Cocktail