Jean Gabin

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Serve in a

Toddy glass
Ingredients:
3/4 fl oz Dark/black/blackstrap rum
1/3 fl oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1/6 fl oz Maple syrup
2 1/2 fl oz Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat) (steamed foaming)
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Garnish:

Dust with grated nutmeg

How to make:

POUR first 3 ingredients into a warmed heat-resistant glass and STIR until maple syrup dissolves before POURING heated milk into the drink.

Allergens:


Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat) – Dairy
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Strength & taste guide:


Review:

Beats hot chocolate as a nightcap.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 1986 by Charles Schumann in Munich, Germany and published in his 1995 American Bar Book.

Jean Gabin (1986)
1½ oz Dark rum
¾ oz Calvados
1 teaspoon maple syrup
hot milk
nutmeg
Heat first three ingredients in a heat-resistant glass. Fill with hot milk, sprinkle with nutmeg.

Charles Schumann, 1995

Nutrition:

One serving of Jean Gabin contains 144 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 0.7 standard drinks
  • 9.1% alc./vol. (18.2° proof)
  • 10.2 grams of pure alcohol
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In the days before ice was easily available - and in most parts of the world, you needed to be pretty much royalty to own an ice house and keep it stocked

The day Prohibition started image

The day Prohibition started

One minute after midnight on this day in 1920, the Volstead Act became law and Prohibition descended on the United States, making it illegal to possess,

Beer Can Appreciation Day image

Beer Can Appreciation Day

Here at Difford's Guide we're huge fans of beer cans – indeed we prefer cans to bottles. So we're happy to support this marketing gimmick of a day from

Burns Night image

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