The Communist
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 1⁄2 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
- 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
- 2⁄3 oz Orange juice
- 1 dash Fee Brothers Cherry bitters
- 2 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
Method:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- Garnish with skewered cherry.
Nutrition:
One serving of The Communist contains 162 calories
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh's 2009 book Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails where he credits "a crude and otherwise quite forgettable cocktail pamphlet from 1933 titled Cocktail Parade."
Review:
I've played with the ratios but I'm not sure this sour can be better than a four-out-of-five.
