# Coronation Cocktail (Joseph Rose)

Joseph Rose’s 1903 Coronation is a bone-dry vermouth-and-fino cocktail lifted by tiny measures of maraschino and orange bitters.

Strength: 18% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 30 ml [Fino sherry](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fino-sherry.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 2 dashes [Maraschino liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/maraschino-liqueur.md)
- 3 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Coronation No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-no-1.md): Equal fino and dry vermouth make a pale, saline wine cocktail in which maraschino and orange bitters supply just enough fruit and spice to distinguish it from the Bamboo.
- [Bamboo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bamboo.md): A delicate, low-alcohol aperitif joining fino sherry and dry vermouth with aromatic bitters.
- [50/50 Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/50-50-martini.md): An equal-parts Martini that lets fresh dry vermouth share the foreground with gin, lifted by orange bitters.
- [Astoria](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/astoria.md): Two parts fresh dry vermouth to one part Old Tom gin make this 1931 Waldorf recipe a true reverse Martini, sharpened only by orange bitters.
- [Adonis](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/adonis.md): A poised, lower-proof aperitif joining dry, nutty Amontillado sherry with sweet vermouth and orange bitters.
- [Marguerite](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/marguerite.md): An equal-parts ancestor of the Dry Martini, softer and more wine-led, with orange bitters tying gin to vermouth.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.
- [Chrysanthemum](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chrysanthemum.md): A lower-proof, vermouth-led classic scented with honeyed Bénédictine, absinthe, and orange.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-cocktail-joseph-rose
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/coronation-cocktail-joseph-rose-6aca56d9.webp
- Recipe source: https://static.tecnichenuove.it/bargiornale/2019/01/1927-Barflies-and-Cocktails-light.pdf