Name: Kiss
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Kiss
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Glass:

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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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Variations/similar cocktails:

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. (47.66° proof)
26.9 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

26th February at 12:43

Really features the gin. I had Edinburg and it was VERY juniper forward! A couple of drops peychauds definitely helped to balance the aromatics even at 60ml. With fresh bottles of vermouth and quina this could potentially be very good. And one of those drinks that is better slightly off-cold, so to speak, to let the wines say their piece.

Calvin Grant

24th January at 03:20

Mmm yum! This is tasty. Bittersweet and fruity with Byrrh, Cocchi Storico, and Maraska Maraachino. Beefeater. Will do again!

Tuber Magnatum

5th July 2025 at 22:13

I really enjoy this drink and wouldn't want to tinker with the gin as I believe 2oz is needed to balance the "kiss from the aromatasized wine and Maraschino". If anything, I might decrease those for a more delicate kiss rather than the gin!

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

25th February 2024 at 10:23

Immaculate demonstration of "less is more".

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.

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!