# Improved Holland Gin Cocktail

Malt-weighted genever carries the nineteenth-century improved-cocktail grammar of sugar, bitters, curaçao, and absinthe without relying on vermouth.

Strength: 39% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Genever](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/genever.md)
- 1 dash [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 1 dash [Orange curaçao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-curacao.md) — Use a dry orange curaçao.
- 3 dashes [Rich simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/rich-simple-syrup.md)
- 2 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Lemon 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

- [Copenhagen](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/copenhagen.md): Genever, dark cherry liqueur, lime, syrup, and Angostura form Gromit Eduardsen’s bready, jammy 2009 signature cocktail for Copenhagen.
- [Improved Whiskey Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/improved-whiskey-cocktail.md): Rye is improved in the nineteenth-century sense with tiny measures of maraschino, sugar, absinthe, and bitters, preserving the whiskey's shape while connecting the Old Fashioned to the Sazerac.
- [Treacle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/treacle.md): Dark Jamaican rum, bitters, and a small float of clear apple juice produce the deep caramelised-fruit impression that gives this London Old Fashioned its name.
- [London Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-cocktail.md): London dry gin is subtly sweetened and sharpened with absinthe, orange bitters, lemon oils, and an olive.
- [East India Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail.md): Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.
- [Brandy Crusta](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-crusta.md): A brandy sour with maraschino, curaçao, bitters, a sugar-crusted rim, and a long citrus peel.
- [Green Fairy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/green-fairy.md): Absinthe leads lemon, rich syrup, aromatic bitters, and egg white in Dick Bradsell’s poised, foaming 1990s London sour.
- [Toronto](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/toronto.md): A rye Old Fashioned sharpened by the bracing herbal bitterness of Fernet-Branca.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/improved-holland-gin-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/improved-holland-gin-cocktail-142a9ae9.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/the-improved-holland-gin-cock-tail/