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Fitchett

Yields1 ServingPrep Time2 mins

Created by Joseph A. Fitchett, head bar steward, at the Vancouver Club; it featured in the 1925 book About Town Cocktail Book. For many years people were making the Fitchett and calling it the Vancouver, a fact which only came to light in a 2002 article in Canada's Scout Magazine.

Fitchett

 50 ml (1¾ oz) gin
 30 ml (1 oz) sweet vermouth
 20 ml (⅔ oz) Benedictine D.O.M
 1 dash orange bitters
 Maraschino cherry or olive as garnish
1

Half-fill a mixing jug with ice.

2

Add all ingredients and stir until well-chilled.

3

Strain into a cocktail coupe.

4

Garnish with a maraschino cherry or olive.