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I'm not going to go over the full history of this drink because I covered it already in my Vesper Americano episode, you can see that here: • Modern Classics: Vespe...
I will say for those of you who don't know that the vesper was created by James Bond creator Ian Flemming and was included in the book Casino Royale. When Bond orders the drink this is what he says:
"In a deep Champagne goblet. Three Measures of Gordon's Gin, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice cold then add a large slice of lemon peel." If you do what most people do and decide that one measure is one ounce then you end up with a five ounce cocktail. And maybe that's what you want, maybe you had a hard day. But when people come to my bar I don't want to knock them off their stool right off the bat. So I decided to take the specs down to a reasonable size and I replace the Lillet with Cocchi Americano. Some say that Cocchi is closer to the old style Lillet called Kina Lillet because it had a good deal of cinchona bark in it's recipe and Cocchi still does. Lillet on the other hand swears they didn't change the recipe they just reintroduced it as Lillet Blanc in 1986. I use Cocchi because I find it delicious in this drink but if you want a more traditional build then definitely use Lillet. Cool. That's what i got for you. Enjoy!
Tutorial starts at: 2:00
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Here's The Specs:
2.25oz (67.5ml) Gin
.75oz (22.5ml) Vodka
.5oz (15ml) Cocchi Americano
Lemon Twist