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Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler (1895, p.32) — George J. Kappeler 1895

0.33 quartOld Tom gin — Tom ginbase
1 jiggerorange bitters — orange bittersbitter
0.33 quartwater — waterdilution
0.33 quartsweet vermouth — Italian vermouthmodifier
  1. Combine the Tom gin, Italian vermouth, water, and orange bitters.
  2. Mix well and bottle.
Nose
Sweet gin botanicals and vermouth herbs lead with orange bitters in support.
Palate
This is recognisably Martini territory, but still sweeter and broader than later dry forms, and the bottling turns it into a service system rather than a purely à la minute drink.
Finish
The finish is herbal, orange-toned, and softly sweet.
Summary
A bottled pre-dry Martini showing both codification and professional batching.

Kappeler's bottled Martini is an important signal that vermouth-centred cocktails had become stable enough to batch in advance. It also reminds us that the Martini of this era is still a sweet-vermouth and orange-bitters drink.

The inclusion of added water means the bottle is intended to pour ready for cold service rather than await significant table-side or bar-side dilution.

Compared with Bottled Tom Gin Cocktail, this makes clear how the Martini line had already separated itself from the generic gin cocktail by the mid-1890s.

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See also: Martini Cocktail, Bottled Manhattan Cocktail, Bottled Tom Gin Cocktail