Andalusian Buck

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (20 ratings)

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
12 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
2 oz Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Skewered lime slice wheel

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice. Open shaker and slowly pour ginger beer over other ingredients in shaker, then strain into ice-filled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A 'Buck' is a tall spirit-based cocktail with ginger ale or ginger beer and lime juice. This particular Gin Buck is distinguished by also being based on sherry, which comes from Jerez in Andalucia, Spain – hence the name.

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History:

Created circa 2010 by Jeffrey Morgenthaler at Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Andalusian Buck contains 151 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.9 standard drinks
  • 9.41% alc./vol. (9.41° proof)
  • 13.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
15th September 2023 at 19:54
This is a fantastic drink. Clearly not in the wheelhouse of the average drinker. A touch too sweetish for my taste - I used Fever Tree ginger beer (to blame?) - but then again no. I used Gordon's Gin and I can only imagine where this could go with a higher-quality spirit.
Miguel Perales’ Avatar Miguel Perales
14th August 2023 at 22:17
A dry, complex cocktail. The Amontillado sherry is the most prominent flavor ( I used a Jerez Amontillado) with the ginger beer being second-most prominent. The nuttiness/dark fruit of the sherry combines well with the ginger beer and is nicely finished with the citrus sourness. A lot of flavors present in this one.