Alpine Swift

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Serve in a Julep tin

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
2⁄3 oz Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
2⁄3 oz Pineapple juice
2⁄3 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Dehydrated pineapple ring

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into glass/tin filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

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

Bittersweet and edging towards the tropical.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Szomak Palasthy, bars manager at Restaurant and Rooftop Bar in Stratford, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Alpine Swift contains 177 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 12.16% alc./vol. (12.16° proof)
  • 13.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Mike Beatty’s Avatar Mike Beatty
23rd July 2024 at 03:42
To my tastes, this is much better than a jungle bird. The aperol plays better with the pineapple then the campari
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