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Blackthorn No. 5

After dinner/digestif · Aperitivo/aperitif · Classic/vintage

4.2 40 ratings

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Sloe gin liqueur
3/4 oz Gin
3/4 oz Dry vermouth
1/6 oz Lemon juice
1/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Flavour profile

18.9% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 189 calories

History

Sloeberry fruit and gin form the base of this aperitivo/digestivo, freshened by lemon juice and opened by shaking, unlike stirred versions.

William "Cocktail Bill" Boothby features a version of this cocktail in his 1908 World's Drinks And How To Mix Them. By the 1930 Swallows edition of his book, Boothby adds three numbered variations to the original Blackthorn recipe, but this fifth version doesn't appear until the posthumously published 1934 edition. BLACKTHORN Sloe Gin . . . . . . . . . ⅓ It. Vermouth . . . . . ⅓ Fr. Vermouth . . . . ⅓ Orange bitters . . . . 1 dash bitters . . . . . . . . . . . 2 drops Stir well with ice, strain into chilled glass, twist lemon peel over and serve. BLACKTHORN, NO. 2 Sloe Gin . . . . . . . . . ⅓ Bitters . . . . . . . . . . . 2 drops It. Vermouth . . . . . ⅓ Sweet-Sour . . . . . . 1 spoon Orange bitters . . . . 2 dashes Stir well with ice, strain into chilled glass and serve. BLACKTHORN, NO. 3 Whiskey . . . . . . . . . ½ jigger Fr. Vermouth . . . . . ½ jigger Absinthe . . . . . . . . . 1 spoon Bitters . . . . . . . . . . 3 drops Stir well with ice, strain into chilled glass and serve. BLACKTHORN, NO. 4 Gin . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½ jigger Dubonnet . . . . . . . . ¼ jigger Kirschwasser . . . . . ¼ jigger Stir well with ice, strain into chilled glass and serve. BLACKTHORN, NO. 5 Sloe Gin . . . . . . . . . ½ jigger Gin . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¼ jigger Fr. Vermouth . . . . ¼ jigger Sweet-Sour . . . . . . 1 spoon Bitters . . . . . . . . . . 2 drops Shake well with ice, strain into chilled glass, twist lemon peel over and serve.