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1960s Black Devil


2 oz dark rum
1/2 oz dry vermouth
black olive


Combine spirits in a mixing glass filled with ice, stir. Strain into stemmed cocktail glass. Add olive.

From the book International Cocktail Specialties written by James Mayabb (Castle Books, Inc, 1962)
"At Houston's Rice Hotel in the Lone Star State they use this one to banish the lonely blues.
The hostess is a white angel when she serves a Black Devil cocktail."