Rackquet Club Cocktail

Source:  Modern American Drinks page:  40
3 dash orange bitters

Ingredient: orange bitters

What it is:  Bitters

A bitters is an alcoholic beverage that contains herbal essences, has a bitter or bittersweet flavor, and

Substitution:  bitter

(More about orange bitters)

 fine
1/2 jigger Old Tom Gin

Ingredient: Old Tom Gin

What it is:  Gin

A lightly sweetened Gin popular in 18th-century England that now is rarely available.

Substitution:  gin (London Dry)

(More about Old Tom Gin)
1/2 jigger French vermouth

Ingredient: French vermouth

Also Known As:  Dry vermouth, White vermouth What it is:  Vermouth

Fortified wine, flavored with aromatic herbs and spices ("aromatized" in the trade) such as cardamom, cinnamon, marjoram and chamomile.

Substitution:  vermouth

(More about French vermouth)

Three dashes orange bitters, half a jigger Tom gin, half a jigger French vermouth, in a mixing- glass half-​full fine ice. Mix, strain into cocktail- glass, add piece twisted lemon-​peel.