Aunt Agatha

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Photographed in an UB Verdot Old Fashioned 12.6oz

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
34 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
34 oz Pineapple juice
14 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
3 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. DASH bitters over surface.
  6. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Rum and fruit juices with dashes of aromatic bitters. Aunt Agatha likes simple things done well.

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History:

Aunt Agatha was Bertie Wooster's terrifying aunt in P.G. Wodehouse's books.

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, Revised.

AUNT AGATHA.
1½ ounces light Puerto Rican rum
2 ounces orange juice
Angostura bitters
Pour rum and orange juice over ice cubes in old fashioned glass. Stir. Float a few drops of bitters on top.
Variation: Substitute grapefruit juice for orange juice

Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, 1972

Nutrition:

One serving of Aunt Agatha contains 122 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 13.76% alc./vol. (13.76° proof)
  • 13.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Kjell Eriksson’s Avatar Kjell Eriksson
5th April at 18:09
I guess it should be "SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice," and not "SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice."
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
5th April at 19:56
Thanks, Kjell. I also realise that for the photo, I shook with the bitters rather than dashing on top after straining.