The Blackthorn Cocktail

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 blackthorn cocktail

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

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