The most important consideration is the quality of the liquors that you chose. The recipe concluded, “Shoot somebody evil.” Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and twist a large swatch of thin-cut lemon peel over the top. 3 oz Tanqueray gin, 1 oz 100-proof Stolichnaya vodka, 1⁄ 2 oz Lillet Blanc, 1⁄ 8 teaspoon (or less) quinine powder or, in desperation, 2 dashes of bitters.
Shake (if you must) with plenty of cracked ice. Esquire printed the following update of the recipe in 2006:
