# Coronation No. 1

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.

Strength: 17% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

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

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.
- Green olive — Serve one olive on a pick so its brine does not enter the drink.

## Method

1. Stir all ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Strain into a chilled coupe.

## Related drinks

- [Coronation Cocktail (Joseph Rose)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-cocktail-joseph-rose.md): Joseph Rose’s 1903 Coronation is a bone-dry vermouth-and-fino cocktail lifted by tiny measures of maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Bamboo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bamboo.md): A delicate, low-alcohol aperitif joining fino sherry and dry vermouth with aromatic bitters.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.
- [Turf Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/turf-club.md): Dry gin and vermouth become unusually dimensional under measured accents of maraschino, absinthe, and orange bitters, placing this turn-of-the-century Martini relative beside but not inside the Tuxedo family.
- [Rebujito](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rebujito.md): Fino's saline, almond-dry edge keeps crisp lemon-lime soda from becoming merely sweet, while mint turns the cold Andalusian highball vividly aromatic.
- [Adonis](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/adonis.md): A poised, lower-proof aperitif joining dry, nutty Amontillado sherry with sweet vermouth and orange 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.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-no-1
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/coronation-no-1-dda18f73.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/470/coronation