Here’s three essential vermouth cocktail recipes

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We’re rather fond of vermouth here at Australian Bartender. Whilst we’re happy with a vermouth and soda (on the rocks, with a twist, the way Bill Murray’s character orders it in Groundhog Day), it’s the backbone of many a classic cocktail giving the drink depth and weight on the palate.

It also affords a lower-alcohol drink, should you combine it with sherry (and you should) as with the Adonis here; vermouth also plays well with other herbs, as in the Bijou we’ve got below; and its various styles go together nicely as the dominant partner in the Affinity Cocktail.

But please, please, please: look after your vermouth. Keep it refrigerated and sealed once it’s been open. Don’t expose it to too much air, because it will oxidise, the flavours and aromatics will become flat, and your final cocktail will be all the poorer for it.

Check out these three essential vermouth cocktail recipes below.

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Adonis cocktail recipe

Adonis recipe

  • 45ml dry sherry
  • 45ml Maidenii Sweet Vermouth
  • 2 dashes of Angostura orange bitters

Stir down all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Bijou cocktail recipe

Bijou recipe

  • 30ml Applewood Gin
  • 30ml Carpano Antica Formula
  • 20ml Green Chartreuse

Stir down all ingredients over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Affinity cocktail recipe

Affinity Cocktail

  • 30ml whisky
  • 30ml Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
  • 30ml Martini Rosso
  • 2 dash Angostura aromatic bitters

Stir down all ingredients with cracked ice, and serve up in a chilled coupette. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Adapted from Patrick Gavin Duffy’s Official Mixer’s Manual, 1934.

vermouths

Here’s three vermouths to try

Carpano Antica Formula
A weighty and rich sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula demands strong flavours to stand with it in a drink.
Think Spirits

Maidenii Sweet Vermouth
Made from cabernet grapes from central Victoria, there’s notes of grapefruit, angelica, and mace, and makes a great substitute for traditional sweet vermouths.
Cerbaco

Martini Rosso
A benchmark vermouth, you’ll find Martini Rosso in cocktails across the country, this vermouth employs Trebbiano wine from Emilia Romagna and Catarratto wine from Sicily, and a cast of botanicals from Italy and abroad.
Bacardi-Martini

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