StirredEasy3 min

Vesper No. 2

Bond's Vesper, restored — with Americano Bianco replacing Kina Lillet.

Featuring Rinomato

Ingredients

0.75 oz
Dry gin
0.75 oz
Vodka
0.75 oz
Rinomato Americano Bianco

Glass: Coupe

Garnish: Orange twist

Build

  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over quality ice.
  2. Stir 25 seconds.
  3. Double strain into a chilled coupe.
  4. Express orange twist over the surface, drop it in.

Ian Fleming wrote the Vesper Martini for Bond in 1953 with Kina Lillet — a gentian-forward aperitivo that hasn't existed in its original form for decades. Rinomato's Vesper No. 2 restores it: equal parts gin, vodka, and Americano Bianco. The gentian and the bitter orange come back. The Vesper drinks like it was supposed to.

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