Old Number One
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a cherry.
A Maroni Wireless riff created for the Fall 2022 issue of Edible Boston (& Edible Worcester)
When I was working on my cocktail article on apple drinks for the Fall 2022 issue of Edible Boston and Edible Worcester, I needed to create and test out a recipe. I wanted to riff on the Marconi Wireless – a cocktail "I love so much that I named one of my cats Marconi." I later wrote, "One of the earliest recipes that I fell in love with was the Marconi Wireless as an apple Manhattan of sorts. Here, I riffed on that classic by adding a Scotch element to the mix [and swapping the bitters from orange to Angostura] to generate the Old Number One named after the world's first telephone at Charles William Jr.'s house on Arlington Street in Somerville, MA." That location is under a mile from my home, so it has been part of our city's tapestry of pride along with Marshmallow Fluff.
Curated to Internet Archive link of the now defunct original link.
Curated to fix the now generic link to a 2012 archive link of the original. Also updated year from 2013 to 2012 as a result.
FWIW Christine Wiseman’s recipe unanimously won the Punch blind tasting this year:
1/2 oz 1:1 agave syrup
Half salt rim and lime garnish.
Glad you like the drink! The menu reference is for me to remember, it's my home menu not an actual bar menu.
Curated to Cocchi Americano Rosa so that typo "Cocci americano rose" can be deleted.