Vesper Cocktail

⏳ Time

5 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Whoever invented this cocktail must have done so no later than 1950: that’s when a popular author described the recipe in the very first book about a famous spy, 'Casino Royale.' The spy names this cocktail after his love interest, Vesper Lynd. In the end, she meets her demise as a double agent; similarly, the film forever ties the original cocktail to the iconic British agent.

Ingredients

Gin - 1 fl oz
Vodka - 0 fl oz
Lime - ½ pieces
Orange zest - to taste
Apple Wine - 1 fl oz
Citrus Zest Mix - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Chill the serving glass: fill it with crushed ice and let it sit.

Step 2

In a mixing glass filled with ice, pour in gin, vodka, and aperitif wine, squeeze in lime juice, and stir well.

Step 3

Discard the ice from the serving glass, pour in the cocktail, run lime zest along the rim of the glass, spritz the cocktail with the same zest, and garnish with grapefruit and lime zest.