Friday cocktail: Savoy Hotel Special Cocktail #1

- 50ml Gin (robust like Beefeater)
- 25ml French  Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
- 5ml Grenadine (or Pomegranate syrup) (2 barspoons)
- 2.5ml Absinthe or Pastis (1 barspoon)
Shaken, Cocktail Glass, Lemon peel squeezed (or flamed)

I'm guessing the grenadine and absinthe quantities as the Savoy Cocktail book is fairly vague on proportions. 2 and 1 dash respectively to 2/3 Gin and 1/3 French.

Beautiful colour, not too sweet, complex flavours. The delicate pink makes it look like a girl's drink but it's not. Think of it as more like a lilac shirt worn with a suit!