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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 1/5

Warden Cocktail

McElhone's Warden is the tiny French-vermouth and Gordon gin cocktail.

dry · herbal · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (1)

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.84) — Barflies 1927

1 teaspoonfulFrench vermouth — French Vermouthbase
1 glassgin — Gordon Ginbase
  1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

This matters because it preserves a very dry gin-and-vermouth miniature within the late McElhone field.

See also: Martini Cocktail, Trinity Cocktail