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I found a version of this in Ben Reed’s Cool Cocktails and couldn’t resist. Its name tells you everything you need to know: boozy, acerbic and packing quite a punch, this is a drink with lethal edge.

25ml gin

1 teaspoon sweet white vermouth

1 teaspoon dry vermouth (also white)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 and a half tablespoons Triple Sec

few drops Angostura bitters

Shake everything above in a cocktail shaker over ice, then strain into a martini glass. Drink and get straight to your Remington.

Makes 1.