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Vancouver

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir, Straight Up, Cocktail

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Posted by Dan on
Created by
Stan Jones origin unknown, source: Stan Jones Complete Bar Guide
Year
1977
Is of
unknown authenticity
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  • Made with Punt e Mes. It's a lot like a Martinez. A small drink but strong. The experience is solid but nothing super special.
  • Measured the Benedictine wrong, need to try with suggested ratio Also try with Punt E Mes
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Comments
haresfur commented on 7/06/2012:

Quite like this. I used Beefeater and Martini bianco. I wonder if Tanqueray would punch a bit harder against the Benedictine.

Nola commented on 9/26/2013:

Suggested- Martin Miller of Plymouth Gin- 2 oz

Shawn C commented on 11/12/2025:

This one changed over time. Difford's Guide points to a "Vancouver" recipe in "About Town Cocktail Book" published in 1925 by Mitchell Printing & Publishing of Vancouver, B.C. Same ingredients except using French vermouth rather than sweet vermouth; proportions differ with more Benedictine, probably for balance (50 gin/30 dry vermouth/20 benedictine/dash of orange bitters/ olive. The book was reviewed and apparently edited by Joe Fitchett, who contributed the "Fitchett" recipe using Italian vermouth in 50/30/20/dash proportions. So the 1934 Boothby recipe that has become the modern norm is likely an evolution of the Vancouver/Fitchett. Boothby's listing is 1/2 jigger: 1/4 jigger: spoonful: 2 dashes : pimento stuffed olive. I will probably curate to list as "altered" and to the Boothby pattern...might need to add a third dash of bitters to get the ratios equivalent.