Acacia Cocktail

Name: Acacia
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz gin; 0.75 oz Dom Benedictine; 1 dash brandy; 1 Lemon zest twist; ice (optional)

Deadly
dry

classic
herbal

A dry, seriously strong cocktail, stirred until cold, served in a cocktail glass.

Serve in: cocktail glass

Ingredients

2 ozgin
0.75 ozDom Benedictine
1 dashbrandy
1Lemon zest twist
iceoptional

How to Make an Acacia

Instructions

Fill half of the mixing glass with ice.
Add all the ingredients and stir very well.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish

Twist a lemon peel over the glass and drop it into the drink.

Tips & substitutions

No gin? Try vodka, tequila or white rum.
No brandy? Try bourbon or sweet vermouth.
No lemons? Try limes.

Did you know

Took the first prize at the cocktail contest in Biarritz in 1928.