# Ford Cocktail

Equal Old Tom gin and dry vermouth make a soft, wine-led nineteenth-century Martini branch, with mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters supplying honeyed herbal detail.

Strength: 29% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Old Tom gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/old-tom-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md)
- 3 dashes [Bénédictine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/benedictine.md)
- 3 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Orange twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

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

## Related drinks

- [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.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and 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.
- [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.
- [Hoffman House Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail.md): A shaken two-to-one dry-gin Martini seasoned with orange bitters and fragrant orange oil.
- [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.
- [Cardinale](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cardinale.md): A lean, dry Negroni relative pairing gin and dry vermouth with a measured dose of Campari.
- [Rolls Royce](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rolls-royce.md): A Perfect Martini structure of dry gin and both vermouths gains a small honeyed, herbal accent from Bénédictine.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ford-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/ford-cocktail-ffae5f59.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.drinkboy.com/mobile/Recipe.aspx?itemid=245