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<\/a><\/p>\nLooking further I found that the current recipes changed the Savoy formula drastically.\u00c2\u00a0 Of this new breed I first mixed up the recipe from Difford’s Guide #8.<\/p>\n
Jockey Club Cocktail (Difford's Guide #8)<\/strong><\/pre>\n2 oz Gin\r\n1\/2 oz Amaretto\r\n1\/2 oz Lemon Juice\r\n1 Dash Angostura Bitters\r\n1 Dash Orange Bitters<\/strong><\/pre>\nThis is much better!\u00c2\u00a0 Fair level of sweetness, could be a touch more.\u00c2\u00a0 The bitters are a bit too light, though.\u00c2\u00a0 I think two dashes would serve this drink better.\u00c2\u00a0 From there, my search continued and I landed on the Joy of Mixology recipe.<\/p>\n
Jockey Club Cocktail #2 (Joy of Mixology)<\/strong><\/pre>\n2 oz Gin\r\n3\/4 oz Amaretto\r\n3\/4 oz Lemon Juice\r\nAngostura Bitters to Taste\r\n<\/strong><\/pre>\nYou’ll note that for his recipe Regan has changed up the name.\u00c2\u00a0 He felt that his reformulation was sufficiently different from the original as to necessitate a different name.\u00c2\u00a0 While I agree in principal, I don’t think anyone will be drinking the Savoy version of this drink.\u00c2\u00a0 So, in that light, I think it would be safe to simply call it the Jockey Club Cocktail.\u00c2\u00a0 Another few interesting points.\u00c2\u00a0 First, Regan bumps up the amaretto and lemon juice to 3\/4 oz.\u00c2\u00a0 I think this works well.\u00c2\u00a0 It increases the sweetness slightly but he also ups the sour to compensate.\u00c2\u00a0 Second, you’ll note that he’s stayed with amaretto rather than creme de noyau.\u00c2\u00a0 More on that in a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, Regan has dropped the orange bitters entirely.\u00c2\u00a0 I agree with this move as well.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 With the other flavors being bold the orange flavor was completely lost in this drink.<\/p>\n
As I mentioned, this recipe is a bit sweeter, but that additional sweetness truly is balanced well with the sourness.\u00c2\u00a0 As for the bitters, for my taste two dashes provided the perfect level of flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 Next, the gin.\u00c2\u00a0 For my first mix I used Tanqueray 10.\u00c2\u00a0 It was too light and its flavors were completely lost to the other ingredients.\u00c2\u00a0 Switching to regular Tanqueray solved that problem wonderfully.\u00c2\u00a0 Tanqueray has a bold enough flavor that it’s able to compete with the other ingredients but still not be overwhelming.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, the amaretto and the source of the subtitle for this post.\u00c2\u00a0 I decided I wanted to mix up this recipe using creme de noyau instead of amaretto.\u00c2\u00a0 The resulting color was certainly more interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavor, on the other hand, was not.\u00c2\u00a0 My tasting notes read “Tasty, but slightly off flavor.\u00c2\u00a0 Not sure if I like this one.”\u00c2\u00a0 Colton was over that night so I asked for his input.\u00c2\u00a0 His comment? “Tastes like someone spiked the Hawaiian Punch.”\u00c2\u00a0 And thinking about it, it truly does.\u00c2\u00a0 The net of it all?\u00c2\u00a0 Stick with amaretto, you’ll be much happier.<\/p>\n
Jockey Club Cocktail (Cocktail Hacker)<\/strong><\/pre>\n2 oz Gin (Tanqueray)\r\n3\/4 oz Amaretto\r\n3\/4 oz Lemon Juice\r\n2 Dashes Angostura Bitters<\/strong><\/pre>\nThis drink is a tasty one, at least with the later recipes.\u00c2\u00a0 I learned a good lesson from this drink though.\u00c2\u00a0 Just because a drink is an old classic doesn’t mean it’s going to be good.\u00c2\u00a0 Spam is also an old classic, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I started the week with the classic Savoy recipe for the Jockey Club Cocktail and found it be mediocre at best.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavor of the creme de noyau was completely lost to the gin and bitters.\u00c2\u00a0 The lemon juice shined through, but only dimly.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, there was nearly no sweetness at all.\u00c2\u00a0 It was okay, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[139,10,203],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-wrap-up","tag-jockey-club-cocktail","tag-recipe","tag-wrap-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1404,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}