Here is another older cocktail, although this time it has a very interesting flavour unlike anything else. You might be able to tell from the ingredients:1.5 oz gin (Tanqueray)
0.75 oz Lillet Blanc
0.5 oz light creme de cacao
0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
Shake with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish: lemon twist
In case you don't know, Lillet Blanc is a hard to find French aromatized quinquina - a wine with quinine added. Like Dubonnet, it's produced in white and red versions, and the white is called for here.
The flavour here is a bizarre combination that just seems to work in some weird way. As predictable, you get a large hit of zingy lemon, which combines quite well with the fruity Lillet. However, at the end, you taste chocolate - it seems an odd pairing, but give it a try. Apparently the creme de cacao can overpower the drink. My brand, Continental, blended very well at that ratio, but some might require less to be added.
Try this, it's weird and wonderful.
