# Hanky Panky

A gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail sharpened by a bitter, herbal measure of Fernet.

Strength: 29% ABV

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 45 ml [Sweet vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sweet-vermouth.md)
- 7.5 ml [Fernet](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fernet.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Orange zest

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with ice in a mixing glass.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Hearst Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail.md): An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.
- [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.
- [Gin & It](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-and-it.md): Dry gin and fresh Italian sweet vermouth form the spare British shorthand for a Sweet Martini, published here in David Embury’s crisp three-to-one shape.
- [Delmonico No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/delmonico-no-1.md): Cognac gives a Perfect Martini's split vermouth a small measure of vinous weight while Angostura adds spice, preserving the drink's useful closeness to its better-known relation.
- [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.
- [Bloodhound](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bloodhound.md): A Savoy-era perfect Gin Martini shaken with ripe strawberries, where dry juniper and vermouth keep the fresh fruit unexpectedly taut.
- [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/hanky-panky
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/hanky-panky-2a9e7a1c.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/hanky-panky/