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Arkwood

Aperitivo/aperitif

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Fino sherry
1 1/2 oz Dry vermouth
1/6 oz Gomme syrup
2 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

  1. 1 THROW (or stir) all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

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Flavour profile

12.5% alc./vol. · 0.9 standard drinks · 103 calories

History

Aromatic bitters contribute significantly to the flavour and colour of this vinous aperitivo. Halve the gomme syrup for a drier cocktail.

The first known mention of the Arkwood Cocktail is in The Berner-Mayer Co.'s 1895 Bartender's Guide, which was published anonymously. The guide provides the following preparation for the Arkwood Cocktail: Arkwood Cocktail. Angostura bitters 2 dashes, gum 2 dashes, ½ sherry ½ vermouth. Instructions for the Arkwood Cocktail were also detailed: ARKWOOD COCKTAIL. LARGE BAR GLASS. – Put in some cracked ice, two dashes bitters, two dashes gum, ½ wine-glass Sherry, ½ wineglass Vermouth. Stir and strain into cocktail glass. And repeated again: ARKWOOD COCKTAIL Large bar glass. – Put in some cracked ice, two dashes bitters, two dashes gum, ½ wine glass Sherry, ½ wine glass Vermouth. Stir and strain into cocktail glass..