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

Ampersand

Imported from Old Waldorf Bar Days

Variants (2)

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

0.33 partbrandy base
0.33 partLondon dry gin — Tom Ginbase
2 dashorange bitters base
2 dashcuracao modifier
0.33 partItalian Vermuth other
  1. Stir and strain, then add two dashes of Curacao on top.

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.36)

0.33 partbrandy base
0.33 partgin — Tom ginbase
2 dashesorange bitters base
2 dashescuracao — Curacaomodifier
0.33 partsweet vermouth — Italian vermouthmodifier
  1. Build the bitters, brandy, gin, and vermouth over ice.
  2. Finish with Curacao on top and serve.

See also: Bijou, Adonis