# Hearst Cocktail

An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.

Strength: 28% ABV before dilution

## 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) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 2 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)
- 1 dash [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-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

- [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.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Hanky Panky](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hanky-panky.md): A gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail sharpened by a bitter, herbal measure of Fernet.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Bronx](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bronx.md): A bright, shaken Perfect Martini relative in which fresh orange gives gin and split vermouth a softer, juicy shape.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/hearst-cocktail-20a8e40a.webp
- Recipe source: https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/Vintage-Cocktail-Books-US/1916-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-4-th-edition/58/