Name: Turf Cocktail
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktails
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz dry vermouth; 1 ½ oz gin; ¼ oz maraschino liqueur; 1 absinthe; 2 orange bitters

A pre-Prohibition gin-and-dry-vermouth martini variant laced with maraschino and absinthe, landing herbaceous, aromatic, and more complex than its short ingredient list suggests.

combine and stir

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dry vermouth

maraschino liqueur

absinthe

orange bitters

olive

Turf Cocktail

Cocktails with pronounced herbal or botanical character from mint, basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, Chartreuse, or herbal liqueurs. Herbal notes feel green, fresh, and aromatic.

Herbal

Cocktails carrying licorice or anise character from absinthe, pastis, sambuca, or anise-forward liqueurs. Anise is polarizing and unmistakable.

Anise

Cocktails with little residual sweetness, emphasizing spirit and botanical character. Dry drinks include classic martinis, bone-dry vermouth pours, and stirred, spirit-forward builds.

Cocktails with layered flavors that reveal themselves over multiple sips, often built from many modifiers or aged components.

Turf Cocktail

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