Balm Cocktail

Difford's Guide
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Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Olive on stick

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz Manzanilla sherry
1/3 fl oz Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/3 fl oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/12 fl oz Pimento dram liqueur
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

Orange-flavoured dry sherry with subtle pimento spice.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book:
"BALM COCKTAIL. (6 people)
½ Glass Orange Juice.
½ Glass Cointreau.
3 Glasses Sherry.
1 Dash Orange Bitters.
2 Dashes Pimento Dram Liqueur.
Fill up the shaker with cracked ice, shake and serve with an olive.
"

Nutrition:

One serving of Balm Cocktail contains 97 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 16.4% alc./vol. (32.8° proof)
  • 13.6 grams of pure alcohol
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Perhaps the world's biggest cocktail book! Certainly, our biggest yet, 624 pages, 6cm (2.3inch) thick and weighing 2.25kg (5lb). Our Seventeenth Edition

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The Easy Jigger® is a measure designed for use when making cocktails, primarily in the home but also by professional bartenders. It has a unique design

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