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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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₆ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
24 dried	Raisins
2 oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₆ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Maple syrup
1 oz	Chilled water reduce if wet ice

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of coffee beans.

How to make:

RINSE glass with fernet (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.
MUDDLE raisins with brandy/cognac in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into fernet-rinsed glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated on surface.

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.

More cocktails by Adam Ennis

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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Justin Aniello

9th January at 01:11

Sweet, but less sweet than I was expecting with the maple syrup and raisins. Also surprised how it does not feel watered down at all with so much added water. Dark fruit and brown sugar with the maple and fernet peeking through.

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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...

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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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