Name: Dot (by J. E. Clapham)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Fino sherry; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml White overproof rum; 7.5 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry

1/2 fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Overproof white rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)

1/4 fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

No garnish to prepare.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dot (by J. E. Clapham) contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
23.55% alc./vol. (47.09° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. Inspired by the Dot cocktail in the 1937 The Café Royal Cocktail Book. Mr Clapham says, "This one came about as a fortuitous misreading: I read Curaçao as Cachaça, and then subbed overproof rum. The original is a far more straightforward affair, though more than pleasant." The original recipe: 30 ml dry gin, 30 ml fino sherry, 15 ml Wray & Nephew overproof white rum, and 15 ml apricot liqueur.

Comments & Discussion

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Martin Mangold 23w

Sherry and Jamaican rum match so well!
I used Rum Fire and Gin Mare, ended up with a very savoury cocktail.

A J Wilson Premium Member 51w

I’m not a fan of apricot brandy, so I swap it for Maraska. For the OP rum I use my favorite unaged Boutique-y O Reizinho at 57%. A spritz of Sacred cardamom gin over the top and you have a dry, spicy, funky martini variation. With those mods, this is one of my favorite aperitifs.

A J Wilson Premium Member 49w

Can confirm this also works with melon liqueur (I used Boudier). Brings out the minerality and earthiness in the other ingredients. 👍

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Beautiful. Delicately balanced herbal, fruity, tropical, sweet and dry flavours, faint nuttiness from the fino. Lovely use of the OP rum to add flavour and a pleasant musty aroma.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

If you like this and have an open bottle of fino, maybe try a Lifetime Ban.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Thanks, John. Great suggestion.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

The additional dilution is very beneficial in opening up the flavours here. I tried without on this occasion, and went back to add it in.

Ian Fenton 3y

I used a long forgotten bottle of Bacardi 151 for this, and I’m really not sure what I think of it. I don’t love it, possibly because I don’t really like the sherry that I have (trying to get rid of the bottle), but, and I can’t believe I’m writing this, the notes from the 151 are actually quite pleasant. Not sure where John got the sweetness from in his mix, but even with a sweet apricot brandy I would consider it balanced rather than sweet. Maybe I’ll try it again with a different sherry.