Button Hook
4.2 37 ratings
Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- 2 No garnish to prepare.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish
- 5 Serve naked, without garnish.
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Flavour profile
27.4% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks
History
Brandy is the base, with crème de menthe and apricot brandy playing supporting roles. Absinthe and carciofo amaro provide freshness and roundness.
This adaptation is drawn from two sources: Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition) and Crosby Gaige's 1944 The Standard Cocktail Guide, as adapted by J. E. Clapham in 2013. The original recipe calls for equal parts of the ingredients and does not include Clapham's addition of Cynar. The "BUTTON HOOK COCKTAIL" recipe from Ensslin's book is: ¼ White Crème de Menthe, ¼ Apricot Brandy, ¼ Absinthe, ¼ Brandy. Instructions are to "Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve in a wine glass." The adaptation from Gaige's book for "BUTTON HOOK COCKTAIL" is: 1/2 ounce Crème de Menthe (White), 1/2 ounce Apricot Brandy, 1/2 ounce Absinthe Substitute, 1/2 ounce Brandy. Instructions are to "Shake well with cracked ice."
Created by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails