Cocktail Recipes

creme yvette

The Defender
Old Waldorf Bar Days (1931)
The name of an American yacht which took care of one of Sir Thomas Lipton's early but seemingly endless “Shamrocks*”

Dash Orange Bitters
One-half [1 ½ parts] Tom Gin
One-half [1 ½ parts] Italian Vermouth
Two dashes [¼ part] Crème Yvette
Stir

*Shamrock is the name of Sir Thomas Lipton's fleet of America's Cup racing yachts.