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Wow

Name: Wow
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Light white rum; 22.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (12)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
3/4 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
3/4 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
3/4 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3/4 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Wow contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.54% alc./vol. (53.07° proof)
23.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. The Savoy recipe calls for Hercules, a sadly long since defunct product that vintage newspaper advertisements for the brand describe as being a "Maté-Wine Apéritif" with an "alcohol strength over 25°." Hence, I've used another wine-based aperitif.

WOW COCKTAIL.
¼ Bacardi Rum.
¼ Hercules.
¼ Calvados or Apple Brandy.
¼ Brandy.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Review

A trio of spirits tamed by a splash of aromatised wine. Temperature of serve is key so be sure to chill your glass and ideally your ingredients well. Although not classic, I like to serve with an orange zest twist.

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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

When you taste this you will say the name of the cocktail. What an interesting mixture of flavours. The various ingredients all blend well together, with no one ingredient overwhelming the other. Great evening sipper.

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