The recipe
- 1 ozDry sherry30 ml
- 2 ozSweet vermouth60 ml
- 2 dashesOrange bitters
How to make it
- 1Stir everything with ice.
- 2Strain into a chilled coupe.
Straub gives ⅓ jigger sherry to ⅔ sweet vermouth; the amounts are scaled to a 3 oz drink. The Savoy (1930) reverses the proportions, and that sherry-heavy version is more common today.
The ratio
1 : 2
In parts, an Adonis is 1 dry sherry and 2 vermouth. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
Head to head
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