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Dan Greenbaum | Brooklyn, New York

Three Ingredient Sherry Cocktail Recipe

This is one of the best of the modern sherry cocktails out there. Dan Greenbaum created it in 2012 at the short-lived New York City cocktail bar The Beagle. It continues to be served—but maybe only because I keep ordering it and writing about it.

Reprinted with permission from 3-Ingredient Cocktails: An Opinionated Guide to the Most Enduring Drinks in the Cocktail Canon by Robert Simonson, copyright © 2017. Published Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/4 ounces fino sherry
  • 1 1/4 ounces fino sherry
  • 1 1/4 ounces Cynar
  • 1 1/4 ounces Cynar
  • 3/4 ounce Beefeater gin
  • 3/4 ounce Beefeater gin

Garnish: orange twist

Directions
  1. Combine all the ingredients except the orange twist in a rocks glass filled with one large piece of ice.
  2. Stir until chilled, about 30 seconds.
  3. Express an orange twist over the drink and drop into the glass.