# Yale Cocktail

Old Tom gin, two bitters, lemon oil, and a small soda charge preserve the original 1895 Yale as a brisk pre-Martini cocktail rather than a later blue namesake.

Strength: 32% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Old Tom gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/old-tom-gin.md)
- 3 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)
- 1 dash [Peychaud’s bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/peychauds-bitters.md)
- 1 piece [Lemon](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/lemon.md) — Cut one broad strip of peel with as little white pith as possible.
- 15 ml [Soda water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/soda-water.md) — Use cold, freshly opened soda water.

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Stir the gin, both bitters, and lemon peel with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, leaving the peel behind, and add the soda water.

## Related drinks

- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, and orange bitters.
- [Ford Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ford-cocktail.md): Equal Old Tom gin and dry vermouth make a soft, wine-led nineteenth-century Martini branch, with mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters supplying honeyed herbal detail.
- [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.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.
- [John Collins](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/john-collins.md): A cooling gin, lemon, and soda highball with gentle sweetness and plenty of ice.
- [Gin Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-fizz.md): A brisk gin and lemon highball lengthened with lively soda.
- [Gin Rickey](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-rickey.md): The austere Washington highball brightens dry gin with fresh lime and cold soda, preserving the Rickey's defining absence of sugar.
- [Gin Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-daisy.md): This tall 1902-style Daisy brightens London dry gin with lime and grenadine, then opens the vivid pink sour over cracked ice with soda.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yale-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/yale-cocktail-9408bb13.webp
- Recipe source: https://archive.org/download/modernamericandr00kapp/modernamericandr00kapp.pdf