Plain Sailing
Recipe:
- 22.5ml gin, preferably Plymouth
- 22.5ml blanc vermouth, preferably Comoz Vermouth Blanc
- 22.5ml manzanilla sherry, preferably Bodegas Yuste Aurora
- 15ml sloe gin
- 7.5 sugar cane syrup, preferably Petite Canne Martinique
- 2 dashes saline solution
- absinthe (to rinse)
Rinse a Nick & Nora glass with absinthe and set aside. Combine all remaining ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into the prepared glass and garnish with an expressed and discarded lemon twist.
A complex and elegant drink with manzanilla and sloe gin, to name just two of the many ingredients. As PUNCH Magazine writes, it could have been made in Harry Craddock's day with the old school ingredient list, but it also works wonderfully today.
Silky body, some red (sloe gin) and white (vermouth) fruitiness, plus light tart notes and crisp freshness. Absinthe & saline give a little bit of depth instead of bitters.
Source: Paige Walwyn, Chicago, USA
