Name: Triumph of Pompeii
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Americano bianco; 22.5 ml Fernet liqueur; 30 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 60 ml Pink grapefruit soda

Triumph of Pompeii
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Americano bianco
³⁄₄ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
1 oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 oz	Thomas Henry Pink Grapefruit soda

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Top with soda and immediately serve/enjoy. Experiencing this cocktail's light fluffy foamy entry to its bittersweet, earthy, almost coal dust and liquorice herbal depths is so good you'll want a fresh one to suck the foam off of. A triumph!

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2012 by Tyler Wang at No. 9 Park, in Boston, USA. Apparently inspired by Milk & Honey's Rome is Burning cocktail. I've used pink grapefruit soda as I believe this adds to this cocktail more than the club soda called for in Tyler's original recipe.

Nutrition:

One serving of Triumph of Pompeii contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
6.88% alc./vol. (6.88° proof)
11 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

30th April at 11:59

The grapefruit and fernet work well together. Given the amount of fernet I was pleasantly surprised how it doesn’t dominate. The flavour profile (as opposed exact flavours): fruity-fresh-bitter-herbal almost cola, reminded me of one of my other favourites off this website, the Jeez Louise. Will definitely have again. I had to bump up the fresh grapefruit to about 40ml for my fruit today.

Daniel Jones

11th March 2024 at 08:44

The first time I made this it was as written & I gave it 4 stars. The second time I decided to shake it with one small cube & 2oz. San Pellegrino Pompelmo in the shaker tin, knowing it's not as carbonated as most sodas it would probably be ok. I served it over recycled leftover ice from making other cocktails that I rinse off and put back in a freezer bag. Doing this made it a 5 star cocktail for me, having concentrated flavors while still being able to dilute it to my liking with a few stirs.