# Vermouth-Cassis

Dry vermouth, blackcurrant liqueur, and soda make a light French highball whose vinous acidity keeps the dark fruit brisk rather than jammy.

Strength: 13% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 22 ml [Crème de cassis](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/creme-de-cassis.md)
- 30 ml [Soda water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/soda-water.md) — Use cold, freshly opened soda water.

## Glassware

Highball glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Build the vermouth and cassis in a chilled highball filled with cubed ice and stir briefly.
2. Add the soda water and stir once gently to combine without losing carbonation.

## Related drinks

- [Americano](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/americano.md): A bittersweet aperitif balancing Campari and sweet vermouth with sparkling soda.
- [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.
- [Chrysanthemum](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chrysanthemum.md): A lower-proof, vermouth-led classic scented with honeyed Bénédictine, absinthe, and orange.
- [Parisian Dispatch](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/parisian-dispatch.md): Sother Teague turns blanc vermouth, absinthe, orgeat, and soda into a pale, mint-crowned highball that is long, aromatic, and genuinely low proof.
- [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.
- [Queen Elizabeth](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queen-elizabeth.md): Dry vermouth leads this brisk, lower-proof 1930s sour, with Bénédictine supplying honeyed herbs against a full measure of lime.
- [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.
- [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.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/vermouth-cassis
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/vermouth-cassis-9f080c51.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-439