# Rose

Dry vermouth and clear cherry eau-de-vie make a delicate Parisian aperitif, lightly blushed with raspberry.

Strength: 24% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Use a fresh, delicate French-style dry vermouth; keep the opened bottle refrigerated.
- 30 ml [Kirschwasser](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/kirschwasser.md)
- 5 ml [Raspberry syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/raspberry-syrup.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Cocktail cherry — Use one good maraschino cherry.

## Method

1. Stir all ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Metropole Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/metropole-cocktail.md): George Kappeler’s equal brandy-and-French-vermouth cocktail layers three tiny sweet, anise, and orange-bitter accents over an unusually dry core.
- [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.
- [Astoria](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/astoria.md): Two parts fresh dry vermouth to one part Old Tom gin make this 1931 Waldorf recipe a true reverse Martini, sharpened only by orange bitters.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Chrysanthemum](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chrysanthemum.md): A lower-proof, vermouth-led classic scented with honeyed Bénédictine, absinthe, and orange.
- [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/rose
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/rose-b117b37f.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-402