Name: Obligatory Brooklyn
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Tennessee whiskey; 15 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 15 ml Ambrato vermouth; 10 ml Amaro (e.g. Nonino); 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Clementi Antico; 5 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Tennessee whiskey

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Amaro Nonino Quintessentia

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Clementi China Antico Elixir

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and "obligatory cherries".

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish, along with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Obligatory Brooklyn contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.61% alc./vol. (47.21° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula), Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

This is one of those recipes that we call 'butterfly collector cocktails'. Unsatisfied with the simple lilting passing of a butterfly on a summer afternoon breeze, the urge is to pin them in ever increasing number in a box...in this case, in a Coupe glass. But never mind, it was a slow Sunday evening and the dishes were done so we said "why not?". We took liberties: substituting Rittenhouse Rye for the Tennessee Whiskey; substituting Cocchi Vermouth Amaro for the Carpano (too much vanilla for us); and substituting Cocchi Barolo Chinato for the Elixir (we have no idea if this is anywhere close as a substitute). And it was lovely, so bravo to the butterfly collector, but we will probably go for something simpler in future so that we can spend more time watching the butterflies.

Lee Clarke Premium Member 4y

Thanks Simon. It has to be the original ingredients, I agree.
Unless you downgrade it to 4.5!!! ????

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Then it would hardly be a challenge!

Lee Clarke Premium Member 4y

OMG. It’s gonna cost me £50+ to buy the Elixir and make this for my 5 Star challenge!!
That’s £10+ per ml in the cocktail!!! ???

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

I also had to buy a bottle to make this. I'd hoped to be able to sub for something else in the recipe but the Elixir has a distinctive flavour and I wanted to stay true to Alex's creation. That said, if you have a China China I'd give it a try.