Best Substitutes for Dry Vermouth

Out of Dry Vermouth? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.

Dry Vermouth — wine used in cocktails

Original Ingredient

Dry Vermouth

Wine 18.00% ABV Pale, herbal nose with chamomile, green olive, and white flowers. Palate is bone-dry with crisp acidity, wormwood bitterness, and savory complexity. Clean, bitter-herbal finish.

Recommended Substitutes

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Lillet Blanc

Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.

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Vermouth

Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.

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White Wine

Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.

General Substitution Tips

  • Match the alcohol level: a 40% spirit needs a similarly strong replacement or adjust volume.
  • For liqueurs, dilute spirits + simple syrup can replicate sweetness and proof.
  • Citrus substitutions: lemon and lime are mostly interchangeable at a 1:1 ratio.
  • For bitters, Angostura is the most neutral substitute for most other aromatic bitters.