Nightmare Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (11 ratings)

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1910

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
12 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
56 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10

Review:

Pleasant enough, with hints of cherry. Hardly a nightmare.

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Variant:

Wedding Bells

Nutrition:

One serving of Nightmare Cocktail contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 15.02% alc./vol. (15.02° proof)
  • 15.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Jim Cameron’s Avatar Jim Cameron
21st December 2021 at 14:50
Similar to the Wedding bells cocktail in Charles Schumann’s book, American Bar.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
21st December 2021 at 15:25
Well spotted. It is indeed similar to Schumann's Wedding Bells Cocktail, which for others is 22.5ml gin, 22.5ml Dubonnet, 7.5ml cherry brandy and 22.5ml orange juice shaken and strained into a coupe.
Stephen Murray’s Avatar Stephen Murray
1st August 2020 at 09:07
Adding a dash of orange bitter elevates this drink from pleasant to interesting
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
1st August 2020 at 21:04
Great suggestion. I've tweaked the recipe and also added a dash of bitters.