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Type | Cocktail |
Base spirit | |
Served | Straight up: chilled, without ice |
Standard garnish | Slice of orange |
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Commonly used ingredients |
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Preparation | Shake with ice and strain into a chilled large cocktail glass |
A damn the weather (or damn-the-weather) is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin, sweet vermouth, orange juice, and a sweetener (either Triple Sec or Curaçao). It is served shaken and chilled, often with a slice of orange or other citrus fruit.
Like many prohibition-era cocktails, the damn the weather was conceived as a way to hide the scent and flavor of poor quality homemade spirits, in this case bathtub gin. [1] The original recipe was included in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. [1] A bar/restaurant in Seattle takes its name from the drink. [1]