There are a lot of different recipes for the Millionaire and it’s difficult to pin down exactly when it was created. This drink is a reconstructed version bartender Ted Haigh aka “Dr. Cocktail” put forth from a recipe in the book “How and When” by Gerald F. Marco and Hyman Gale published in 1937. This can’t have been their creation though because Harry Craddock published a Millionaire #4 cocktail in the Savoy cocktail book in 1930. The presence of the number indicating that there were three previous versions as it was habit in the olden days to create a number for any variation on any cocktail to differentiate it from the original. Where the current Millionaire falls in that timeline I have no idea. We also see a Millionaire Cocktail put forth by Employee’s Only which features Bourbon, Grand Marnier, Grenadine, Pastis and Egg White. Whatever the lineage this is a great drink so put whatever you’re doing down and shake one up!
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Millionaire
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Rum Meyer’s Rum
- .75 oz Sloe Gin
- .75 oz Apricot Liqueur
- 1 oz Lime Juice
Garnish
Glassware
Instructions
- Add ingredients to Tin
- Add shaking ice
- Shake 8-10 seconds
- Strain into chilled glass
- Garnish with Dehydrated Lime Wheel
