Name: Nymph
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Canadian whisky; 22.5 ml Aromatized wine; 7.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Nymph
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Canadian blended whisky
³⁄₄ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of apricot wedge on rim.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Just enough apricot to add flavour and richness to a balanced backbone of Canadian whiskey and aromatised wine.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book where this cocktail is credited to "A. F. Lawrence".
Brought to our attention by Jason E. Clapham at the St. Edward's MCR at Oxford who rebalanced the original equal parts recipe.

NYMPH SPECIAL
Invented by A. F. Lawrence
1/3 Canadian Club Whisky.
1/3 Apricot Brandy.
1/3 Lillet.
Dash Angostura Bitters.
Shake.
William James Tarling, 1937

Nutrition:

One serving of Nymph contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
25.43% alc./vol. (25.43° proof)
19.2 grams of pure alcohol

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