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How To Make The Bamboo Cocktail - Building A Drink: Your Ultimate Guide to Mixed Drink and Cocktail Recipes

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Bamboo
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 ounces dry (fino) sherry
  • 2 ounces dry vermouth
  • 2 dashes orange bitters

INSTRUCTIONS
Stir the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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NOTES
This classic aperitif cocktail, concocted in 1902 by bartender Charlie Mahoney of the Hoffman House in Manhattan, was purportedly named after a popular Bob Cole song, "Under the Bamboo Tree." Other versions call for sweet vermouth in place of the dry vermouth.
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