Classic

Adonis

Name: Adonis
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Dry Sherry; 1 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth; 2 dashes Orange Bitters

Sherry's Broadway debut

Glass Coupe

Method Stirred

Garnish orange twist

A low-proof Gilded Age aperitif — dry sherry and sweet vermouth in equal measure, lifted by orange bitters. Nutty, lightly sweet, and dry; the sweet-vermouth sister to the Bamboo.

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Dry Sherry
1 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Orange Bitters

Method

Stir dry sherry, sweet vermouth, and orange bitters with ice until well chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.

Sourced from First American cocktail named for a Broadway show (the 1884 musical 'Adonis'). Sister to the Bamboo (which uses dry vermouth). Per Difford's Guide and PUNCH.