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I’ve been working through the excellent Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, a kind birthday gift from Matt, tons of quite unjustly forgotten drinks in there (and some understandably ignored).

My favourite so far is the Algonquin - a drink I first heard of during an extensive Dorothy Parker binge in my late teens. It’s one of those drinks that difficult to picture what it tastes like:

2 Rye Whisky

1 Dry vermouth 

1 Pineapple juice

Shake hard with ice, pour into a martini glass and add a cocktail cherry.

It’s a delicious thing - dry, light, both raspy and tasting of brown sugar - and surprisingly not at all fruity. Shaking it hard produces a light creamy foam on the top and a velvetty feel to the drink. I’ve a feeling I’m going to have to buy more Rye.

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