Poet's Dream

Name: Poet's Dream
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Orange Bitters; 1⁄2 tsp Bénédictine; 60 ml Gin; 1 twst Lemon Twist; 30 ml Dry Vermouth

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Stir Gin, Dry Vermouth, BéNéDictine, Orange Bitters with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.

The Poet's Dream has two variations, both calling for equal parts of gin, vermouth, and Bénédictine. One version appears in a 1934 British cocktail compendium that compiled recipes from various sources without attribution.

Method

Stirred

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Dry

Floral

Herbal