# Hoffman House Cocktail

A shaken two-to-one dry-gin Martini seasoned with orange bitters and fragrant orange oil.

Strength: 33% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 1 dash [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. Shake all ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [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.
- [Gibson](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gibson.md): A dry gin Martini whose pickled cocktail onion brings a subtle savoury sweetness to the glass.
- [Tuxedo No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo-no-1.md): Equal dry gin and vermouth, a broad lemon peel, and absinthe make Harry Craddock’s 1930 Tuxedo branch austere, aromatic, and deliberately distinct from the sweeter original.
- [Savoy Hotel Special Cocktail No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/savoy-hotel-special-cocktail-no-1.md): A tiny trace of grenadine and absinthe pulls a two-to-one dry Gin Martini into the theatrical but still austere world of the Savoy bar.
- [Dirty Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dirty-martini.md): A restrained, savoury Martini in which a measured splash of olive brine seasons rather than overwhelms the gin and vermouth.
- [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.
- [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.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail-2bffb866.webp
- Recipe source: https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1923-Harry-of-Ciro-s-ABC-of-mixing-cocktails-second-impression/37/