#85 Cocktail: Charlie Chaplin

    Unfortunately, right now , travelling between Hamburg and Dusseldorf for job reasons, it is a little harder for me to make a cocktail per day, but I am trying to adapt to the situation. So now, here is the first cocktail created in my hotel room in Dusseldorf.       

    The Charlie Chaplin Cocktail was one of the premier drinks of the Waldorf-Astoria prior to 1920. The equal mix of lime,apricot brandy and sloe gin is documented in A.S. Crockett'sThe Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book and it's a nice, gentle mix, although rather thick and sweet. Of course the drink is named in honor of the famous actor Charlie Chaplin, but it's unclear if the drink made it into the comedian's repertoire.

1 ounce Sloe Gin

1 ounce Apricot Brandy

1 ounce fresh lime juice