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

Xanthia Cocktail

A bittersweet gin cocktail with Bonal quinquina and French vermouth.

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (2)

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.74)

2 dashAngostura bitters base
0.5 partgin — Ginbase
1 zestorange zest — Orange zestgarnish
0.25 partFrench vermouth modifier
0.25 partBonal quinquina — Gentiane Bonalother
  1. Stir very cold, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve with expressed orange zest.

Garnish: Orange zest

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.86) — Barflies 1927

0.33 partcherry brandy — Cherry Brandybase
0.33 partgin base
0.33 partyellow chartreuse modifier
  1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a compact chartreuse-and-cherry late aperitif branch in McElhone's book.

See also: Warday's Cocktail, St. Marc Cocktail