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Barbara West

Name: Barbara West
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Gin; 37.5 ml Amontillado sherry; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 1/4 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 1/4 fl oz	Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 Barbara West contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.5% alc./vol. (33.01° proof)
17.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amontillado sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide. This classic could date from the 1930s.

BARBARA WEST
Cocktail Glass
Stir
1 oz gin
1 oz sherry
½ oz lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Review

Your choice of amontillado sherry may dramatically affect the balance of this gin and sherry sour. Choose well and you're in for a treat.

AKA: Creole Cocktail

Variations/similar cocktails

Creole Cocktail (without bitters)
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Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 20 cocktails
$67.99 $3.40 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

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Makes a minimum of 20 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Will Moss 33w

Excellent ... Other recipies miss the salt & angostura which, for me, make all the difference... almost a savoury note. A real winner.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Have made this before and it was excellent. But this time the sherry dominated and the balance was off. And then I realised I forgot the zest! Oh what a difference, balance achieved, still a wonderful treat and well deserved of that heart. Too many favorites, too little time. Lustau Los Arcos, Beefeater.

Tony Jones 4y

Another winner.
Very well balanced between the lemon and sherry, and thena hint of excitement with the Star Of Bombay gin.
I used agave syrup but I wonder honey would be pleasant here.

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