Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Today we're making the Charlie Chaplin cocktail! This Prohibition-era classic is a simple build of three ingredients. It's lower in abv, tart and refreshing, and easy to batch for parties - making it a great go-to for your summer cocktail lineup. Cheers!
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TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The History: 0:48
The Booze: 3:31
The Recipe: 5:33
Sips & Sign Off: 7:09
THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN RECIPE 5:38
1 oz. (30 ml) Plymouth Sloe Gin
1 oz. (30 ml) Giffard Abricot du Roussillon
1 oz. (30 ml) fresh lime juice
Dehydrated lime wheel for garnish
THE TOOLS
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Angled Nick & Nora Glass: gatherandset.com/products/raye-angled-crystal-nick-nora-glasses-set-of-2?_pos=1&_sid=849ebe62e&_ss=r
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Image Attributions:
Portrait of Charles Chaplin - By Strauss-Peyton Studio - National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24576869
Chaplin Playing the Cello in 1915 - By Unattributed - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3b11417.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6094414
Chaplin as the Tramp - By Essanay Studios - British Film Institute, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24496648
Hotel 1915 - By Unknown authorOriginal uploader was Michiel1972 at nl.wikipedia - ansichtkaart, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7998445
Waldorf and Astoria Hotels - By The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, PA - "The Cooper Collection of U.S. Hotel History" (uploader's private collection), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41201744
Ripe Ume, Ka23 13, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Prunus Mume fruits, Manseok Kim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:48 The History
03:31 The Booze
05:33 The Recipe
07:09 Sips & Sign Off
Get your bottles at House of Bitter Bear 👉 houseofbitterbear.com
Today we're making the Charlie Chaplin cocktail! This Prohibition-era classic is a simple build of three ingredients. It's lower in abv, tart and refreshing, and easy to batch for parties - making it a great go-to for your summer cocktail lineup. Cheers!
Try my grenadine & falernum 👉 gatherandset.com/collections/cocktail-syrups/products/anders-bar-cart-essentials-grenadine-falernum
Don’t forget the merch! 👉 gatherandset.com/collections/anders-erickson-collection
Join us on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/anderserickson
Sign up for the newsletter: anderserickson.com
Video/editing/illustrations by Azusa Inaba 🎥 🎨
TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The History: 0:48
The Booze: 3:31
The Recipe: 5:33
Sips & Sign Off: 7:09
THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN RECIPE 5:38
1 oz. (30 ml) Plymouth Sloe Gin
1 oz. (30 ml) Giffard Abricot du Roussillon
1 oz. (30 ml) fresh lime juice
Dehydrated lime wheel for garnish
THE TOOLS
To The Bar Mat: https://rb.gy/ds3osd
My workhorse double jigger: amzn.to/3lmmKrK
My go-to large shaking tin: amzn.to/33vnMLJ
My go-to small cheater tin: amzn.to/3qecbe5
Hawthorne strainer: gatherandset.com/collections/bar-tools/products/oxo-steel-cocktail-strainer
Fine mesh strainer: amzn.to/4akT1dn
My citrus bottles: amzn.to/3BScssO
Garnish clips (mini clothes pins): amzn.to/3g0Mjib
Angled Nick & Nora Glass: gatherandset.com/products/raye-angled-crystal-nick-nora-glasses-set-of-2?_pos=1&_sid=849ebe62e&_ss=r
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.
Special thanks to our top-tier patrons:
Adam Greetis
Brandon Carey
Randy Calegari
Matthew Crowley
Kevin
Dzomery
Derek Patstone
Rick Turoczy
Joshua Penley
Sheri Muilenburg
Connie & Rob Chapin
Chris Roberts
Howard Pollack
Bruce Stark
Brian Gordon
David Byrne
Randall Randall
Nick
D Pilaitis
Filip Sodic
Scott Maclean
Jonathan Shaffer
Follow Me:
Instagram: instagram.com/anderserickson
Facebook: facebook.com/andersericksoncocktails
Send stuff to:
Anders Erickson
PO Box 248
Baileys Harbor, WI 54202
Image Attributions:
Portrait of Charles Chaplin - By Strauss-Peyton Studio - National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24576869
Chaplin Playing the Cello in 1915 - By Unattributed - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3b11417.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6094414
Chaplin as the Tramp - By Essanay Studios - British Film Institute, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24496648
Hotel 1915 - By Unknown authorOriginal uploader was Michiel1972 at nl.wikipedia - ansichtkaart, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7998445
Waldorf and Astoria Hotels - By The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, PA - "The Cooper Collection of U.S. Hotel History" (uploader's private collection), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41201744
Ripe Ume, Ka23 13, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Prunus Mume fruits, Manseok Kim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:48 The History
03:31 The Booze
05:33 The Recipe
07:09 Sips & Sign Off
