Name: Eeyore's Requiem
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 20 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 7.5 ml Fernet liqueur; 2 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1 fl oz

Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

2/3 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/4 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1/4 fl oz

Fernet Branca liqueur

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Eeyore's Requiem contains 222 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.38% alc./vol. (40.75° proof)
22.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2009 by Toby Maloney at his Violet Hour in Chicago, USA and featured in his 2022 book The Bartender's Manifesto

Originally made with 45ml Campari, 30ml Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambery, 15ml Junipero (Navy-strength gin), 7.5ml Cynar, 7.5ml Fernet Branca, and one dash of each Regan's Orange and Angostura Orange bitters.

This cocktail is named after Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, which Toby is quoted as saying is "the most bitter character in literature" so appropriate for a bittersweet cocktail.

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 3w

Nothing to complain about here except for the name of the cocktail. We think that names are important, at their best illuminating such things as ancestry or inspiration. Eeyore is the least bitter donkey ever to have clip-clopped. To be bitter is to have lived, failed, given up and resented doing so. Eeyore, being a pessimist, never even got as far as failing, let alone succumbing to his failure. He is a warning to children never to give up hope that the world can be made a happy and better place. "Grinch's Requiem" would have been a better name. Anyway, it's a really nicely balanced cocktail. Next time we might reduce the Fernet just a bit.

Egg McKenzie 4w

thought this was pretty fire ngl. the fernet note in a negroni riff is welcome in my gaff

Max Bul 24w

I made this cocktail with Bianco bitters and it turned out well.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 34w

Only had this one other time in 2021. Pleasantly surprised by the balance (as others have noted). I've been having difficulty finding drinks in which the delicious Luxardo Bitter Bianco is a welcome addition, but it might be the perfect bianco for this concoction. Pretty stellar showcase for Campari and its bitter brethren here.

Alasdair MacDonald 39w

Used Martini 1872 Bitters and Noilly Prat Vermouth. Took John Carr’s advice and used Navy Strength Gin. Thought, ok but harsh..then paired it with Chicken Liver Pate and it was TRANSFORMED! My God, it went Skywards, a totally lightened experience, devine! Haven’t tried Cheese yet but this is absolutely a Cocktail to have with Nibbles….Brilliant.

Cam Natale-Miles 1y

Feel compelled to comment on this one. Wow, everything works in perfect harmony. Bravo

Mika Perkiömäki 1y

Campari is not really my favorite, although it does fare very well in many drinks. This is the first one I tried with Campari being the lead singer. Wow, it really rocked!
4.5/5

Justin Aniello 1y

Very good balance, nothing gets left behind. Campari forward but it amazingly doesn't overpower. The only problem is I have other cocktails with each of the amaros that I would prefer over the combo, but still a good one to pull out from time to time especially to shock the inexperienced.

Boris Jümmers 1y

My tour goes on: This has always been a little lacking. What made it a 5+ cocktail for me, is the addition of Cynar 70.

Cynar 70 is really good stuff. I highly recommend it. Where the regular Cynar feels a little thin, this one is intense, much deeper and full bodied. Has hints of menthol, licorice and even a fruit stew, wine-like nose. And much more pronounced artichoke aroma. Cough syrup also comes to mind (but in the good ways) ;-)

Also try the Midnight Marauder and the Cin-Cyn with it!