Eclipse No. 1
Ingredients
- 1 unit Black olives
- 1⁄6 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
- 1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's Sloe Gin
- 3⁄4 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Method
Glass:
Photographed in an UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
Method:
- Drop pitted black olive into glass and cover with grenadine.
- STIR gin and sloe gin with ice.
- Carefully STRAIN and slowly pour down the shaft of a bar spoon to layer over grenadine.
Garnish:
- EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 1927 by Harry Craddock to celebrate that year's total solar eclipse across England and first published in his 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Review:
Be sure to wash your olive to avoid the surface of your cocktail being contaminated by an oil/brine slick. Sloe gin and dry gin obviously pair well, but you may want to stop sipping once you hit the grenadine base. But don't waste the olive.
