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Hanky-Panky

Name: Freezer Batch Hanky-Panky
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 245 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 45ml Gin; 45ml Sweet Vermouth; 1ml Fernet-Branca

Equal-parts gin and vermouth, with a wash of Fernet

28% ABV

8 Drinks

5 min Prep

4+ hours Freeze

About this cocktail

Created by Ada Coleman at the Savoy Hotel in London around 1903, the Hanky-Panky is gin and sweet vermouth in equal measure, knitted together by two dashes of Fernet-Branca. Coleman supposedly served the first one to actor Charles Hawtrey, who pronounced it 'the real hanky-panky.' The Fernet adds a savory, bitter herbal note that should sit just under the surface. As a freezer batch it pours straight, no ice, no fuss.

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Vodka, gin, rum, tequila40% Bourbon, rye whiskey45% Sweet vermouth16% Dry vermouth18% Campari25% Aperol11% Cointreau, triple sec40% Kahlúa20% Juice, syrup, water0%

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Pour into a chilled coupe. Express an orange peel over the surface and either discard or twist and drop in.

Best within: 3+ months

Fresh sweet vermouth is critical — replace a bottle open more than four weeks before batching.

Pro Tips

+ Use a London Dry gin (Plymouth, Beefeater, or Tanqueray work well). Skip the floral 'new western' style here
+ Fresh sweet vermouth is critical. If your bottle has been open more than four weeks, replace it before batching
+ Two dashes of Fernet means two dashes. This is not a cocktail where Fernet leads; it whispers

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