Name: Funky Banana
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Cachaça; 20 ml Banana liqueur; 20 ml Sauvignon Blanc wine; 10 ml White overproof rum

Funky Banana
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Glass:

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
²⁄₃ fl oz	Cachaça
²⁄₃ fl oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
²⁄₃ fl oz	Sauvignon Blanc wine
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Overproof white rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of float dried banana chip or peg to rim.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Sauvignon Blanc wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Cachaça and overproof run provide the headline funk to this banana-flavoured spirituous tipple.

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History:

Created in January 2022 by yours truly at the Clocktower in Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Funky Banana contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
24.63% alc./vol. (49.27° proof)
17.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

6th June at 09:28

Really delicious, though I wish I had a cheaper Sauvignon Blanc (my Pouilly Fume was open) and a much better banana liqueur. But oh well, still a nice experience. I would also suggest trying Panini's thought of using dry vermouth. I think it can work.

Chris Dimal

6th June at 09:33

I also forgot to add that in spite of only 10ml, the overproof Jamaican rum was very present throughout the drink, particularly in the smell.

Panini

20th April at 06:54

Would it be possible to sub the wine for dry vermouth instead? Hard to justify buying a bottle to try one cocktail...

Chris Dimal

6th June at 09:27

I think you just have to try it out yourself and see it. Trying the original drink, it definitely seems that it could work.

John Hinojos

10th August 2022 at 01:09

Outstanding. The name says it all. If you do no like rums that are funky or the taste of banana, this is not your drink. Otherwise, if you are a lover of all types of rums/rhums, this is a must try. There is a strong flavour of banana and a great hint of rum funk in the back.

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