![]() Both will make for a great cocktail! Don’t use dry vermouth ![]() Lillet Blanc can be a bit easier to find (it’s even sold at my local Whole Foods), but Cocchi will make for a more authentic Vesper. Some say that Cocchi Americano makes for a better substitute because it’s a bit more bitter, like the Kina. So today the less bitter fortified and aromatized wine Lillet Blanc is often used in its place. Kina Lillet stopped being produced in the 1980s. A Vesper is a great cocktail to make when you want to let the flavors of the spirits shine. The Bosun’s and Zyr are both very smooth spirits made from grains.īoth of these bottles were gifted to me recently and when I started writing up this recipe, I knew I wanted to feature them here. I went with Holystone Distilling’s Bosun’s Navy Strength Gin and Zyr Vodka. If you use low quality spirits, this cocktail will be barely drinkable, as there are no juices or sweeteners to mask any unpleasant flavors.Ĭlassic juniper-forward gins are a great choice here. The most important consideration is quality. Later, Bond encounters a woman named Vesper Lynd and decides to name his cocktail after her. More on the ‘shaken not stirred’ debate in a minute!Īt this point in the James Bond story, the drink was just an unnamed gin and vodka martini. This is important to note, because typically cocktails made with only spirits are stirred. He also specifies that the drink be shaken until very cold. James Bond asks a bartender for a dry martini, and then offers instructions for making it to his liking.īond requests 3 measures of Gordon’s gin, 1 measure of vodka, and a half measure of Kina Lillet, with a lemon peel for garnish. The Vesper first appears in the 1953 book, Casino Royale. If you do happen to accidentally overindulge though, check out my hangover tips from my Corpse Reviver 2 recipe! The history of the cocktail It’s safe to say that the level of alcohol in this martini is equivalent to a double of just about any other cocktail, so please keep that in mind when imbibing.Īs always, drink responsibly and choose quality ingredients. ![]() The Vesper is not for the faint of heart, containing a whopping 4 ounces of liquor, plus a splash of Lillet Blanc (or Cocchi Americano, if you prefer). ![]() This now-classic cocktail is unique because it was invented not by a bartender, but by author Ian Fleming in his James Bond novel Casino Royale. 2, while others reach for other quinquinas (Tempus Fugit’s Kina L’Aero D’or is often cited as a close approximation of the original.) Authenticity should be applauded, but it might also be noted that few of those bars keep the drink’s preferred categorization as hair of the dog and serve the drink before noon.The Vesper is a martini riff made with gin, vodka, and an aromatized wine. Many bars rely instead on Cocchi Americano to recreate the Corpse Reviver No. And while Lillet exists now as Lillet Blanc, a lighter, sweeter aperitif, the original stuff has gone the way of the dodo. The latter was a quinquina aperitif-an herbal aromatized wine that relied heavily on chinchona bark, the stuff that gives traditional tonic water its bite. The #2 of which he speaks adds a splash of absinthe to equal parts gin, orange liqueur, lemon juice, and Kina Lillet. In Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book, which compiled well-loved recipes from The American Bar at London’s Savoy Hotel, the famous barkeep writes of the first Corpse Reviver: “To be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed.” While that drink is not the most famous of its morning cocktail family, it sets the groundwork for the group, which Craddock joyfully notes when he adds the second, more popular drink: “Four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again.” The equal-parts cocktail has a name that sounds vital, but of an older world, where one might casually partake of a morning mixed drink to shake off the cobwebs of sleep (or of last night’s excess). The Corpse Reviver #2 has survived nearly a hundred years in the sometimes fickle world of cocktails.
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