floor polish cocktail

1/2 oz Gin (No. 209)
1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
1/4 oz Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
1/4 oz Sweet Vermouth (Dolin)

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Last night I made one of the odd ball named-cocktails from Trader Vic's 1948 edition of Bartender's Guide -- the Floor Polish Cocktail. The name ranks up there with the Three-Legged Monkey and the Monkey Gland for strangeness, and thus similarly attracted me to the recipe. When I hear the name, I immediately think of something very alcoholic akin to an organic chemistry solvent capable of cleaning up the gunkiest of messes. However, this cocktail is rather light on the booze in comparison to most drinks. On the sip, the pineapple flavor is rather dry and it turns very vermouthy on the swallow. The drink is very much like a perfect Algonquin made with gin instead of whiskey. The recipe I later found on CocktailDB is more modern in size with everything doubled in proportion.