Marconi Wireless Recipe

By
Paul Clarke
Paul Clarke
Paul Clarke blogs about cocktails at The Cocktail Chronicles and writes regularly on spirits and cocktails for Imbibe magazine. He lives in Seattle, where he works as a writer and magazine editor.
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Updated March 22, 2025

New York's contributions to the cocktail world are legion, but here's a drink that includes a good dose of New Jersey. Combining Gotham ingenuity with the Garden State's native spirit, the Marconi Wireless is a pretty simple cocktail: Take our good friend the Manhattan, but instead of using whiskey, reach for the applejack--produced in Monmouth County by the Laird family for more than 200 years.

In Old Waldorf Bar Days, published in 1931, Albert Stevens Crockett writes that the Marconi Wireless "first sprang across the Bar of the Waldorf when the ancestor of the radio began to raise its ghostly voice." While the precursor to the radio may be lost to the ages, this Marconi Wireless is still as vibrant as ever. Besides, I have yet to see a drink named the Streaming Audio.

Adapted from Old Waldorf Bar Days.

Recipe Details

Marconi Wireless Recipe

Prep 5 mins
Total 5 mins
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Ingredients

  • 2 ounces applejack

  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth

  • 2 dashes orange bitters

Directions

  1. Pour ingredients into a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir briskly for 30 seconds, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry or a twist of lemon peel.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
258Calories
0gFat
7gCarbs
0gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving
Calories258
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g0%
Saturated Fat 0g0%
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 4mg0%
Total Carbohydrate 7g3%
Dietary Fiber 0g1%
Total Sugars 5g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 4mg21%
Calcium 5mg0%
Iron 0mg1%
Potassium 41mg1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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