20th Century Cocktail $7
Dry gin, Lillet blanc, crème de cacao, and lemon juice, up. From the Café Royal, London. An excellent choice for a nightcap or if you’re looking for something on the shimmering and sprightly side.
Depth Charge Brandy Cocktail $12
Nearly a jigger each of two top shelf brandies (Martell VSOP cognac and Busnel VSOP calvados) leavened with a small amount of lemon juice and even less grenadine, up. Harry Craddock wrote of this WWI tipple, “[one of] two favourite War-time cocktails. They owed their inspiration to the activities of the famous M.L. Submarine Chasers during the hostilities.”
Earthquake $13
Equal parts dry gin (Old Raj), rye whiskey (Rittenhouse), and absinthe (Lucid), up. “So-called because if there should happen to be an earthquake on when you are drinking it, it won’t matter. This is a Cocktail whose potency is not to be taken too lightly, or, for that matter, too frequently!” What does it taste like? War – total war. In your mouth. We are giving the drink its proper due by using some particularly fine spirits at an average strength of 111 proof. A double, and then some.
Leap Year Cocktail $8
Dry gin, red vermouth, and Grand Marnier (4:1:1), with a dash of lemon juice, up. Craddock created this one for the Savoy’s 1928 Leap Day celebration. “[this cocktail] has been said to have been responsible for more proposals than any other cocktail that has ever been mixed.”

Dry gin, Swedish punsch, lime juice, with a couple dashes of Grand Marnier and grenadine, the latter as garnish, up. I assume the drink refers to the 1923 wedding between Prince Albert and the future Queen Elizabeth I.
Volstead Cocktail $8
Rye whiskey, Swedish punsch, orange juice, raspberry syrup, and a dash of anisette, up.
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