Ford Cocktail

1 oz Old Tom Gin
1 oz Dry vermouth
3 ds Bénédictine
3 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, straight up, cocktail glass

Notes

Fred Yarm or Cocktail Virgin Slut recommends Ransom Old Tom and Noilly Prat vermouth. If made with sweet vermouth, it's a Vancouver.

Cocktail summary
Posted by Dan on
Created by
Modern American Drinks, George J. Kappeler
Year
1895
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2011/01/ford-cocktail.html

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  • Doubled the gin
  • Need to fiddle with the bitters.
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Comments

Nice. Not spectacular. This would be a good drink to introduce an assertive Old Tom (Ransoms, f'rinstance) to someone who "doesn't like gin". For me, who emphatically does like gin, it seems to play against the strengths of the spirit.

spry commented on 12/24/2014:

I agree that the gin is lost in this recipe. I bumped up the gin to 1.75 oz and it was much better.