JavaScript is not enabled!
For information on how to enable Javascript on your browser click here.

Yacht Club

Name: Yacht Club
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Apricot liqueur

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (25)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

STIR 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 Yacht Club contains 137 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
26.42% alc./vol. (52.84° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe purloined from David Embury's classic book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

Review

Rum-laced and slightly sweet with hints of apricot fruit.

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 4 years ago

Possibly used too much and/or the wrong kind of apricot liqueur. Either way, the result would have been improved by reducing the amount to zero.

See more...

More cocktails by David A. Embury

Classic/vintage cocktails