Classics
Hugo Ensslin's 1917 formula gave this pale, aromatic classic its violet-blue signature; the house pour keeps the perfume precise and the finish dry.
Reference: Hugo Ensslin · 1917 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
Ingredients
Gin, lemon, maraschino, and violet in a brisk floral sour.
Taste: dry juniper · fresh lemon · violet · cherry stone
London dry gin
45ml
Fresh lemon juice
22.5ml
Maraschino liqueur
7.5ml
Creme de violette
5ml
How to make it
Shake all ingredients hard with cold ice until the tin frosts.
Fine strain into a chilled coupe.
Express a slim lemon twist over the surface and set it on the rim.
Source: DosVermuts adaptation of Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks (1917), p. 7 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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