The Allen Cocktail is a gin sour with fresh lemon and maraschino liqueur. Botanical, tart, and lightly cherry-accented, it is a compact shaken drink where precise balance matters.
CocktailTime
3 min
Skill
Intermediate
Glass
Cocktail Glass
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The Allen Cocktail combines Gin, Lemon Juice, and Maraschino Liqueur in a bright shaken sour. Gin provides the backbone, lemon supplies firm acidity, and maraschino adds dry cherry sweetness with a faint almond-like edge.
The Allen Cocktail appears in early 20th-century cocktail literature, although a single definitive creator is not firmly established here. Its spirit-citrus-liqueur structure places it comfortably among classic gin sours of the period.
Ingredients
Equipment
The liqueur does the sweetening while adding its own cherry and kernel-like character. A firm shake supplies the dilution needed to soften the full measure of lemon.
Add the Gin, Lemon Juice, and Maraschino Liqueur to a shaker with ice.
Shake firmly until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
Strain into a chilled Cocktail Glass.
Garnish with a maraschino cherry if desired and serve immediately.
Gin, lemon, and maraschino give the Allen Cocktail a crisp sour profile with a subtle cherry edge.
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