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Old Tom Gin (Cordial) Cocktail

Boothby's Old Tom Gin cordial cocktail preserves a sweeter gin-cocktail branch distinct from the drying Martini line.

sweet · bitter · herbal · aperitif

Served in Cocktail glass.

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Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender by Wm. T. Boothby (1891, p.20)

1 ponyOld Tom gin base
2 dashAromatic bitters — bittersbitter
1 teaspoongum syrup sweetener
  1. Stir with ice.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass.

This is useful because it preserves the still-live sweet Old Tom aromatic branch beside the newer vermouth-driven drinks.

The drink remains in the older sugar-and-bitters cocktail grammar.

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See also: Gin Cocktail, Martini Cocktail

The source distinguishes the cordial form from the plainer Old Tom gin cocktail line.