# Claridge Cocktail

Gin and dry vermouth share the frame with apricot brandy and Cointreau in Léon’s 1922 Parisian fruit-Martini branch.

Strength: 30% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 15 ml [Apricot brandy](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/apricot-brandy.md)
- 15 ml [Cointreau](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cointreau.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [The Joy Division](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/the-joy-division.md): A dry gin Martini brightened with Cointreau and a restrained measure of absinthe.
- [Lucien Gaudin](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/lucien-gaudin.md): A lean, orange-scented gin cocktail whose dry vermouth and Cointreau sharpen Campari's bittersweet centre.
- [Yellow Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yellow-daisy.md): Equal gin and dry vermouth meet rich orange liqueur and an absinthe accent in a compact, bracing Savoy relative of the Martini.
- [Blackthorn (English)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/blackthorn-english.md): London dry gin and sloe gin turn a split-vermouth Martini into a dark-fruited, bitters-seasoned counterpart to the Irish Blackthorn.
- [Breakfast Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/breakfast-martini.md): Fine-cut orange marmalade gives a taut gin sour fragrant peel oils, pithy bitterness, and a texture that no orange liqueur alone can supply.
- [Poet's Dream](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poets-dream.md): Mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters perfume a lean two-to-one gin Martini in the restrained 1937 Café Royal form.
- [Puritan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/puritan.md): A dry, herbal Martini variation in which Yellow Chartreuse rounds gin and vermouth without taking over.
- [Perfect Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/perfect-martini.md): A rounded Martini splitting its vermouth evenly between dry and sweet styles, with orange bitters for aromatic lift.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/claridge-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/claridge-cocktail-e36be488.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/440/claridge-cocktail