Name: Aunt Agatha
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 22.5 ml Pineapple juice; 7.5 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 3 dash Aromatic bitters

Aunt Agatha
Jump to

Photographed in an UB Verdot Old Fashioned 12.6oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
³⁄₄ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₄ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

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

View readers' comments

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

More Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini) cocktails
More Summer cocktails
More Tiki/tropical cocktails

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.