# Opera Cocktail (Savoy)

The Savoy’s Opera is a cherry-darkened dry Gin Martini, with Dubonnet’s quinquina bitterness connecting juniper to maraschino.

Strength: 34% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 15 ml [Dubonnet Rouge](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dubonnet-rouge.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 15 ml [Maraschino liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/maraschino-liqueur.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all the ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass, express an orange peel over the surface, and discard it.

## Related drinks

- [Turf Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/turf-club.md): Dry gin and vermouth become unusually dimensional under measured accents of maraschino, absinthe, and orange bitters, placing this turn-of-the-century Martini relative beside but not inside the Tuxedo family.
- [Aviation](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aviation.md): A floral gin sour with maraschino, lemon, and the violet hue of crème de violette.
- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, and orange bitters.
- [Alaska](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/alaska.md): A vivid early Martini relative pairing dry gin with honeyed, herbaceous Yellow Chartreuse and orange bitters.
- [Ideal Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ideal-cocktail.md): Fresh grapefruit and dry maraschino brighten a shaken gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail poised between the Martinez and the Bronx.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Gordon’s Breakfast](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gordons-breakfast.md): Gin, muddled lime and cucumber, sugar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, salt, and pepper make a vivid non-tomato savoury cocktail with breakfast-table nerve.
- [Last Word](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/last-word.md): An equal-parts gin sour combining herbal green Chartreuse and maraschino with sharp lime.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/opera-cocktail-savoy
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/opera-cocktail-savoy-6962146e.webp
- Recipe source: https://savoycocktaildatabase.com/cocktails/opera-cocktail/