Thursday, November 11, 2021

lawrence

30% Dry Gin (1 oz Bombay Dry)
20% Sloe Gin (3/4 oz Averell Damson)
30% Dry Vermouth (1 oz Noilly Prat)
20% Regular Vermouth (3/4 oz Lacuesta Rojo)
3 dasy Peychaud's Bitters

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Two Thursdays ago, I delved back into my 1933 reprint of Jack's Manual and spotted the Lawrence which came across like a gin-sloe gin Perfect Martini of sorts. Once prepared, the Lawrence proffered a pine, anise, and berry bouquet to the nose. Next, tart berry and grape notes on the sip traversed into gin and berry flavors on the swallow.

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