Another tasty cocktail from the Winter Menu (and the Cocktail Codex, from Death and Company). If you enjoy a martini, you’ll probably enjoy this too. If you are not yet drinking your martinis by the book (gin, vermouth, maybe bitters), this is a nice entry to the cocktail. It pulls back on the vermouth, and adds in the complex herbal liqueur of Benedictine (one of our favs!). Sticking with orange bitters and you’ve got a nice sipper. Cheers!
2 oz Gin
¾ oz Dolin Dry Vermouth
¼ oz Benedictine
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Garnish: Lemon Twist
Stir all ingredients over ice (good 30 seconds)
Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass
Express lemon oil and set on the edge of the glass