Cat's Eye (cocktail)

Cat's Eye
Cocktail
Type	Mixed drink
Base spirit	Gin;
Standard garnish	Olive
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	2 glasses gin; 1/2 glass lemonade; 1/2 glass water; 1/2 glass cointreau; Almost 2 glasses vermouth; 1 spoonful Kirsch;
Preparation	Combine ingredients with ice in cocktail shaker; shake well, then strain into cocktail glass, pouring over ice.

The Cat's Eye is a classic gin-based cocktail that appears in The Savoy Cocktail Book. It's made with lemonade, cointreau, vermouth and a splash of kirsch.^[1]^[2] The original recipe is intended for a 6 person batch. Another version of the drink is made with gin, vermouth and chartreuse, garnished with orange peel.^[3]

The name has come to be used for unrelated cocktails such as one made with pisco, passion fruit purée and orange juice.^[4] Another version, described as "one of the holy grails of contemporary bartending", replaced the pisco with tequila.^[5]

References

^ The Savoy Cocktail Book
^ "Cat's Eye". Mixology.
^ "Cat's Eye".
^ "Cat's Eye". New York Times.
^ Degroff, Dale (14 July 2010). The Essential Cocktail: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9780307762450.

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[1] The Savoy Cocktail Book

[2] "Cat's Eye". Mixology.

[3] "Cat's Eye".

[4] "Cat's Eye". New York Times.

[5] Degroff, Dale (14 July 2010). The Essential Cocktail: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9780307762450.

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