Its more than enough time since the last cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails and while I’m not strictly going in alphabetical order, I am moving roughly from the front to the back.
So tonight’s Dr. Cocktail Bingo landed on The Blackthorn Cocktail! This one is a gin-based cocktail of few ingredients. Its on the dryer side, and because there are so few ingredients, the garnish of a lemon twist really does make a difference here, so make sure you do it right — taking the twist off the lemon overtop of the cocktail glass in order to catch all that lemon oil!
The Blackthorne Cocktail (from Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails)
- 2 oz. gin (I used Plymouth)
- 3/4 oz. Dubonnet Rouge
- 3/4 oz. Kirschwasser
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with a cherry* and a lemon twist.
*I use dried cherries rehydrated with brandy and soaked in Maraschino liqueur