Quince Vesper
From the Oxford American Dictionary: vesper, ˈvespər | noun; to evening prayer; archaic evening. To the Cocktail World the Vesper is the martini version that James Bond introduced in 1953’s Casino Royale —the first Bond book by Ian Fleming. The cocktail was named for double-agent (and Bond love interest) Vesper Lynd. The drink takes a gin martini and ramps it up with a dose of vodka. The original recipe (that Bond recites to a bartender in the book) uses Kina Lillet instead of a martini’s typical dry vermouth. Kina Lillet has been replaced by Lillet Blanc – a sweeter variant without the quinine of the original. Well, since you can’t even obtain the actual ingredients in the original recipe why not just try something completely different – which is what we do with most recipes anyway. We were fortunate to acquire a nice vodka and a lovely quince gin recently and thought that using the Vesper as a template would be a nice way to work with these ingredients. Fir