May 14-Hanky Panky

I was first introduced to this cocktail by a Youtube video by The Educated Barfly before I really got into Sweet Vermouth. The main things I remember from that video is liking the lore of this cocktail and not thinking much of it outside of that since I knew I wouldn’t enjoy it as much as I wanted to. Now that I do enjoy sweet vermouth I can confidently say that this is a cocktail that deserves more attention than it gets.

Let’s start with said lore that I was interested in from the start. Ada Coley made this cocktail at the Savoy American Bar in London and around the same time Charles Hawtrey was producing and starring in a movie in the Savoy Theatre. The movie was featuring a character called the Hanky Panky Butler who got that name from a cocktail he created in the lore of the movie. Hawtrey named Coley’s cocktail “The Real Hanky Panky Cocktail”, this then became her signature cocktail at the bar.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yrfzab3LTWk_-qOQUDZd60In_XlegtnWhsS5mkrgs2I/edit?tab=t.0