Kiss

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄4 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Gin-forward with a kiss of aromatised wine and maraschino. For a more delicate "Kiss", cut the gin back to 45ml or even 30ml and add one or two dashes respectively of Creole-style bitters.

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Variant:

Crazy Crossing; Opera

History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2019 by bartender Brian Miller in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Kiss contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 23.83% alc./vol. (23.83° proof)
  • 26.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
25th February 2024 at 10:23
Immaculate demonstration of "less is more".
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Mike Gibb’s Avatar Mike Gibb
25th November 2023 at 19:47
Soft, open, easy. Rendered a little more interesting with a dash of bitters. Pleasant enough, but it won't become a regular.
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Cameron Carter’s Avatar Cameron Carter
12th May 2022 at 22:43
This is a deceptively smooth, slightly sweet (to my palate) cocktail. I liked its balance very much, and did add a dish of Peychaud bitters to the mix. Tasty!
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Bill Lennox’s Avatar Bill Lennox
10th April 2022 at 13:55
Very nice. I think it needs all the gin to keep it the right side of sweet.
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