# Satan’s Whiskers

The straight Savoy branch splits its gin with both vermouths and fresh orange, then deepens the compact, bittersweet result with Cognac-based Grand Marnier.

Strength: 21% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 15 ml [Gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/gin.md)
- 15 ml [Sweet vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sweet-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 15 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 15 ml [Fresh orange juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-orange-juice.md)
- 7.5 ml [Grand Marnier](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grand-marnier.md) — Grand Marnier defines the straight branch; orange curaçao makes the curled branch.
- 1 dash [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [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.
- [Journalist Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/journalist-cocktail.md): A Perfect Martini gains tiny dashes of lemon, curaçao, and Angostura in this Savoy-era shaken cocktail.
- [Yellow Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yellow-daisy.md): Equal gin and dry vermouth meet rich orange liqueur and an absinthe accent in a compact, bracing Savoy relative of the Martini.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/satans-whiskers
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/satans-whiskers-3bb5beb3.webp
- Recipe source: https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1930-The-Savoy-Cocktail-Book/142