The Perfect Scofflaw

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: None Serves: 1

Ingredients

  • 60ml bourbon or rye whiskey (2 oz)
  • 15ml dry vermouth (1/2 oz)
  • 15ml sweet vermouth (1/2 oz)
  • 15ml grenadine (1/2 oz)
  • 7ml fresh lemon juice (1/4 oz)
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • Ice, for shaking
  • Garnish: lemon twist

Instructions

  1. Combine whiskey, both vermouths, grenadine, lemon juice, and orange bitters in a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe.
  4. Express a lemon twist over the drink and drop it in.
The 'Perfect' prefix follows the classic cocktail naming convention where 'Perfect' means equal parts dry and sweet vermouth. The canonical Scofflaw uses dry vermouth only. The family version is deliberately spirit-forward with less lemon and grenadine than the original.
· Variant of the Scofflaw — original by Jock at Harry's New York Bar, Paris (1924); published in Harry McElhone's 'Barflies and Cocktails' (1927)
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