Gin Cocktails

Casino Cocktail

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Casino Cocktail Ingredients

1.75 oz. Ransom Old Tom Gin

0.75 oz. Luxardo Liqueur Maraschino

2 dashes Angostura Orange Bitters

0.5 oz. Fresh lemon juice

Garnish

Brandied cherry

Casino Cocktail Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into a coupe or stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with a brandied cherry or lemon twist.

Casino Cocktail Story

Hugo R. Ensslin served this gin-forward, violette-less Aviation variation while tending bar at the short-lived Wallick Hotel in New York City. His original recipe appeared in the 1917 publication Recipes for Mixed Drinks, which covered every pre-Prohibition concoction he served at his bar. While the book was published to little immediate fanfare, Harry Craddock plucked a majority of Ensslin’s recipes, adding them to his 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.