Cat's Eye (cocktail)

Cat's Eye
Cocktail
TypeMixed drink
Base spirit
Standard garnishOlive
Standard drinkware
Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients
  • 2 glasses gin
  • 1/2 glass lemonade
  • 1/2 glass water
  • 1/2 glass cointreau
  • Almost 2 glasses vermouth
  • 1 spoonful Kirsch
PreparationCombine ingredients with ice in cocktail shaker; shake well, then strain into cocktail glass, pouring over ice.

The Cat's Eye is a classic gin-based cocktail that appears in The Savoy Cocktail Book. It's made with lemonade, cointreau, vermouth and a splash of kirsch.[1][2] The original recipe is intended for a 6 person batch. Another version of the drink is made with gin, vermouth and chartreuse, garnished with orange peel.[3]

The name has come to be used for unrelated cocktails such as one made with pisco, passion fruit purée and orange juice.[4] Another version, described as "one of the holy grails of contemporary bartending", replaced the pisco with tequila.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Savoy Cocktail Book
  2. ^ "Cat's Eye". Mixology.
  3. ^ "Cat's Eye".
  4. ^ "Cat's Eye". New York Times.
  5. ^ Degroff, Dale (14 July 2010). The Essential Cocktail: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9780307762450.


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