Waldorf – Recipe from the ‘Old Waldorf Bar Guide’

Dash of Manhattan Bitters 

One-third Whiskey 

One-third Absinthe 

One-third Italian Vermuth 

Frappe 

I’m not sure how it’s taken me this long to discover this little gem, especially considering the healthy dose of absinthe floating around inside.

Strangely, probably as I was still at work I thought dropping the absinthe a little might be a good idea and went for more of a 2-1-2 combination, which made it very palatable.

The recipe is identical to a Hearn’s Cocktail (25 June) and a slip away from a Crook (1st May), Loftus (30th July) or Vivary (27th June) for a progression from start to finish.

I think there’s a lot of work to be done looking at drinks changing by small proportions and the names and how these move from one drink to another, that I suspect is a good 3 months at best, so something for 2019 perhaps.

Regardless of its similarities, it’s a combination I like, and this is well worth a try, possibly without the wild turkey 101 which just meant the drink was more than a little punchy and knocked me around a little.