Poet’s Dream Cocktail
By Robert Hess
Found in the Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar book, the Poet's Dream cocktail is a beautiful representation of how Benedictine can be represented in a cocktail.
Recipe
Ingredients
1 part gin
1 part dry vermouth
1 part Benedictine
Comments
No orange bitters? Shocking, given the style of drink and period.
However, this seems like a great Benedictine cocktail and I’ll certainly be giving it a try. Thanks!
Yes, sweet and spicy, cognac-based Benedictine liqueur may work just fine here in this cocktail that otherwise
would be a classic, 19-century martini with equal parts London Dry gin and French Dry vermouth and a couple of dashes of orange bitters (I like Regan’s) and garnished with an orange peel or lemon peel after expressing the oils over the top in a chilled, cocktail glass.
Hi Robert, maybe you’ve addressed this before, but where did you get that nice looking edition of the Waldorf-Astoria book? Is it an original? I’ve been unsuccessful so far at finding a copy. Thanks.
I can’t help but notice that with this addition The Cocktail Spirit has now featured three drinks with virtually the exact same ingredients of benedictine, gin, and dry vermouth (The Poet’s Dream, the Caprice, and the Cabaret).
The proportions are different (though pretty close between the Caprice and Cabaret), and different bitters are used I suppose, but it’s funny they all have different names rather than just being “variations” of one cocktail. The three ingredients certainly do combine well though.
Alex,
That particular copy of the Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book was published about 8 years ago by New Day Publishing. You can find copies on Ebay easily, even though it’s out of print.
Cheers,
Blair
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where did you get those sweet jiggers with 3/4 oz measurements and magnets??
Leon, you can find these jiggers here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NUW60M/
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