Fair & Warmer Cocktail

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Photographed in an UB Nick And Nora 1920

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄6 oz Orange Curaçao liqueur
1⁄4 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

Sure to warm and fairly good.

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History:

Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

FAIR AND WARMER COCKTAIL.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
2/3 Bacardi Rum.
2 Dashes Curaçao.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930
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Nutrition:

One serving of Fair & Warmer Cocktail contains 145 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 23.23% alc./vol. (23.23° proof)
  • 18.6 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
2nd June 2024 at 13:03
For someone who isn’t a big rum drinker I thought this was very nice. Delicate and herbal with some lovely rounded characters from the Pierre Ferrand. Perfectly balanced.
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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
15th May 2024 at 01:24
Nicely balanced and especially flavorful as it warmed up.
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
25th December 2023 at 07:21
Not much going on. A lot of vermouth with a surprisingly-bold overtone of orange, cut on the top with a mildly-medicinal (rum-)spiritous accent. I used my trusty Bacardi Carta Blanca and I would recommend exploring other brands of white rum with this. Don't write it off just yet.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
2nd June 2024 at 13:05
I’m really liking plantation 3 star as my standard white rum.
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Aristoth Dariotis’ Avatar Aristoth Dariotis
26th January 2022 at 04:34
Made with Probitas white. This might be the first drink I've made where the added water really makes it shine, IMO.
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
6th January 2022 at 06:53
Made twice. With Havana Club 3 year old and then with The Duppy Share. To me the latter gave a more balanced depth to the drink.
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