20th Century Cocktail
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 3:26am

Ingredients




1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce ight creme de cacao
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice

Preparation

1 Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist

About


A cocktail created in 1939 connection with the introduction of the new streamlined Dreyfus Hudson Engine which began pulling the Twentieth Century Limited train between New York City and Chicago in 1938. The recipe was first published in 1939 in the Cafe Royal Bar Book.