Gin & It

The Craft of the Cocktail

Dale DeGroff - 2002

DeGroff reaches for Old Duff genever — with its whiskey-like rye-heavy mash bill — instead of a standard London Dry, making the "Italian" vermouth pairing taste closer to a Manhattan than a Martini, and acknowledges that while the original was served without ice, warm gin drinks simply don't appeal to modern drinkers.