Classic Sweet MartiniBy The Cocktails Must FlowWhen we posted the sweet martini originally, we used a opdern version which is a lot heavier on the gin. Today's closing cocktail is the traditional recipe from the 1880s. It featured in Harry Johnson’s 1888 New and Improved Bartender’s Manual[/i and is a fifty-fifty of Old Tom Gin and sweet vermouth with two dashes of orange bitters.St. George’s TriumphBy The Cocktails Must FlowA cocktail of our own creation for St George's Day in 2024.Ford MartiniBy The Cocktails Must FlowA true classic, Martini-style cocktail sweetened by the use of Old Tom Gin and Benedictine D.O.M. It first appeared in George J. Kappeler's 1895 Modern American Drinks – How to mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks.Turf Club (Winter’s)By The Cocktails Must FlowGeorge Winter's Turf Club recipe from his 1884 How To Mix Drinks–Bar-Keeper's Handbook; the original recipe calls for Peruvian Bitters, but we've used the more commonly available Angostura Aromatic Bitters.VancouverBy The Cocktails Must FlowCreated by Joseph A. Fiitchett, head bar steward at the Vancouver club, and first published in the 1925 About Town Cocktail Book; this is the actual recipe for the Vancouver, but for many years people were making a Fitcett and calling it a Vancouver[/b[. A fact which only came to light following a 2002 article in Canada's Scout Magazine.Sweet MartiniBy The Cocktails Must FlowAfter the Martinez and before the Dry Martini we all know, was the original Martini, which used sweet vermouth.Old ‘GroniBy The Cocktails Must FlowA simple variant of the Negroni which switches out the London Dry Gin for Old Tom Gin.Singapore Sling (Old Tom Variant)By The Cocktails Must FlowA more complex variant of the Singapore Sling using Old Tom Gin instead of the more standard London Dry Gin.AmpersandBy The Cocktails Must FlowThis cocktail first showed up in print in Albert Stevens Crocktett's 1934 Old Waldorf Bar days.