Bennett Cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 oz Hayman's Old Tom Gin
- 3⁄4 oz Lime juice
- 1⁄2 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
- 2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Method:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of float dehydrated lime wheel.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Bennett Cocktail contains 177 calories
History:
The Bennett Cocktail was first published in Robert Vermeire's 1922 Cocktails: How to Mix Them and then repeated in Nakata Seizō's 1926 Japanese book Kakuteru Seihō Hiketsu (The Secrets of Cocktail Making), as well as in the 1930 Cocktails by "Jimmy" Late of Ciro's London, written by the mysterious Jimmy. All three recipes are based on old tom gin and do not include sugar.
Most modern versions of the Bennett, including that made in 2015 by Meaghan Dorman at The Bennett in New York City, USA, call for dry gin rather than old tom.
Review:
The judicious dashing of bitters makes or breaks this Gimlet-like cocktail which tastes good when made with a dry gin but better when made with an old tom gin, as per the original 1922 recipe. (If your old tom gin is sweet, reduce the sugar syrup.)
