Name: Zeus Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 ml Fernet liqueur; 24 dried Raisins; 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 5 ml Coffee liqueur; 7.5 ml Maple syrup; 30 ml Chilled water

Zeus Cocktail
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₆ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
24 dried	Raisins
2 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₆ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Maple syrup
1 oz	Chilled water reduce if wet ice

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Garnish: Coffee beans

How to make:

POUR fernet into chilled/frozen glass, swirl round to coat inside and DISCARD excess. MUDDLE raisins with cognac in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into fernet-rinsed glass.

Review:

Rich, pungent and not too sweet.

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History:

Adapted from Dr Zeus, a cocktail created by Adam Ennis in 2001 at Isola in London, England.

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Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Cat Mac

29th October 2021 at 16:14

Is the Fernet just to rinse the glass, as the method describes? 30ml seems like a lot for that...

Simon Difford

29th October 2021 at 20:51

Agreed. I've cut back to a mere bar spoons worth. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Literally, 20 years since I last made this. I'll revisit and also update the photo.

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