1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Centerbe
3⁄4 oz Cranberry juice (Original used rowanberry)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Notes

This is an interesting vintage cocktail, altered only due to the lack of rowanberry (mountain ash berries.) Cranberry juice cocktail seems a reasonable substitute for what was likely an equally sweetened version of rowanberry juice. Rowanberry is otherwise quite tart from what I understand--similar to cranberries.

The original recipe calls for San Silvestro which was a Centerbe made by Aurum, appears to be no longer available although Aurum orange liqueur is. I used Faccia Brutto Centerbe.

I would be interested to hear how actual rowanberry juice works in this drink. I don't have a source for the berries, but I found that cranberry juice made a good libation. It was only slightly sweet, and quite potent.

I have also tried this as 1.75 gin: 3/4 cranberry juice: 1/2 Centerbe, which was also good.

History

Per the 1937 UKBG, this cocktail was created by Leslie Shelley at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge, London using rowanberry (sweetened juice?)

Cocktail summary
Created by
Leslie Shelley, Berkeley Hotel, London, England
Year
1937
Is an
altered recipe
Reference

1937 UK Bartender's Guild Approved Cocktails

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