The countdown to the last “Cocktail” continues.
Say it with me, “FIVE!”
Young Man Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters. (1 dash Angostura Bitters)
2 Dashes Curacao. (1/2 teaspoon Clement Liqueur Creole Shrubb)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Carpano Antica Italian Vermouth)
3/4 Brandy. (2 1/4 oz Osocalis Brandy)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Add olive or cherry (Olive!).
I have these great Agrinion Olives from Greece, so it wasn’t entirely perversity that led me to choose to garnish with an olive rather than a cherry. All the same, I suppose a cherry would be the more 20th-21st Century garnish.
Maybe I can start something new for the future? Random Cherries or Olives in cocktails.
Nah, probably not.
If I hadn’t been out of decent cherries, I would probably have preferred it.
Other than that, the Young Man is a perfectly enjoyable Brandy Manhattan, nothing wrong with that. I feel younger already.
…But maybe that’s just the burden of making more Savoy Cocktails being lifted from my back…
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.
I joined this epic quest late in the game, I think around R, so I may have missed this, but how many cocktail recipes are there in the Savoy and when did you start your this drunken escapade?
From Abbey to Zed, there are 751 drinks in the “Cocktail” Section of the Savoy Cocktail Book. I started making, photographing, and writing about them in June of 2006. It took a little longer to make it through than I thought it would. There are about 137 remaining Coolers, Daisies, Fizzes, Fixes, Punches, Rickeys, etc. at the back of the book.
I recommend the Index, for a good glance at the full number!
Savoy Cocktail Index