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Astoria

Imported from Cocktails by "Jimmy" late of Ciro's London

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

2 partLondon dry gin — Dry Ginbase
1 partdry vermouth — French Vermouthmodifier
  1. Shake with cracked ice and serve with a stuffed olive.

Garnish: Stuffed olive

Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett (1931) — Old Waldorf Bar Days 1931, opening cocktail appendix

0.33 partLondon dry gin — Tom Ginbase
2 dashorange bitters base
0.67 partFrench Vermuth other
  1. Stir.

The Green Cocktail Book by Jimmy, late of Ciro's London (1932, p.20)

2 partdry gin — Dry Ginbase
1 partFrench vermouth — French Vermouthmodifier
1 wholeStuffed olive — Serve with a stuffed olive.other
  1. Shake gin and French vermouth well with cracked ice and serve with a stuffed olive.

Garnish: Stuffed olive

Ice: Cracked ice

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.37)

0.33 partgin — Tom ginbase
2 dashesorange bitters base
0.67 partdry vermouth — French vermouthmodifier
  1. Stir the orange bitters, gin, and French vermouth with ice.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

Crockett links it to the Astor House, the Astor Hotel, and the Waldorf annex opening.

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.35)

1 partapple brandy — Apple Brandybase
1 dashorange bitters bitter
  1. Shake the apple brandy, orange bitters, and ice well.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

Ice: Ice

The source excerpt is notably terse here.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Approve

The source gives only apple brandy, orange bitters, and "shake well."