Name: Macka
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 45 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1/2 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1/2 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

1/2 fl oz

Crème de cassis liqueur

1 1/2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.

Prepare garnish of wide and long lemon zest twist

Method

STIR first 4 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass. (No ice in glass.)

TOP with soda.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over cocktail and drop into glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Macka contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
16.14% alc./vol. (32.28° proof)
22.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Famously, the only cocktail, indeed the only drink, served since at the Damour Colette bar in Lamballe-Armor, Brittany, France. Each customer is only allowed two. Only 20 guests are permitted in the bar, and entry is strictly for those who have made an advance reservation.

The Macka ("Le Macka") was created by the bar's founder, Hippolyte Lorand, in 1928, and is named after Macau in China, where he had served during his military service. The recipe passed from the bar's first chef, Gaston Damour and his wife Maria, to their son, Gaston Junior, and then to his widow, Colette, who has run the bar since 2010.

Comments & Discussion

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Loz Horner 4w

Excited to be the first to write a review of this. It’s like a Bramble meets an Americano. The cassis is the most dominant flavour but the vermouths are there. The gin is invisible. As a result it doesn’t taste anywhere near as boozy as it is. Not super complex, but I can imagine would go down well for many.

Macka

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Method

Garnish

Flavour Profile

Health & Nutrition

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Alcohol content:

Allergens:

History

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