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Brave Bull

Name: Brave Bull
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Coffee liqueur; 6 drop Daiquiri bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
6 drop	Difford's Daiquiri Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Old Fashioned 34cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled 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 Brave Bull contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
28.85% alc./vol. (57.69° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

The Brave Bull emerged during the 1970s on the back of the then-popular Black Russian cocktail.
Recipe adapted from Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

BRAVE BULL
Old Fashioned Glass
Build
Fill glass with ice
1-1/2 oz Tequila
3/4 oz Kahlua
Lemon peel
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Brave Bull
1 shot Monte Alban® /Tequila
1 shot Kahlua® / Coffee Liqueur
Lemon Twist Garnish
Rocks/Old Fashioned Glass
Mark Torre, The Bartender's Cherry, 1984

BRAVE BULL
1½ oz. white tequila
¾ oz. Kahlua
Lemon peel
Mix all ingredients, except lemon peel, with cracked ice in a shaker or blender and pour into an Old Fashioned glass. Twist lemon peel over drink and drop into glass.
John J. Poister, The New American Bartender's Guide, 1999

Review

Your choice of coffee liqueur will dramatically affect how dry/sweet your Brave Bull is. Reposado or añejo tequila tend to sit more harmoniously with the coffee than blanco tequila.

Variations/similar cocktails

Black Russian
Brave Cow
White Russian

Patron Reposado Tequila 375ml - makes 8 cocktails
$26.99 $3.37 per cocktail Patron Reposado Tequila image

Galliano Espresso 700ml - makes 31 cocktails
$17.99 $0.58 per cocktail Galliano Espresso image

$3.95 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 8 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 1y

Great! I don't have (but am ordering) the daiquiri bitters - I subbed 2 dashes of orange bitters. I think the saline is critical to bringing out the tequila and coffee flavors. Starting taste is lighter and mostly tequila, but the finish is coffee liqueur. Very delicious!

Chris VanDoren 2y

Substitute for the daiquiri bitters? Perhaps the Marg bitters? Or just leave it out?

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 2y

I just used a few drops of Angostura Orange Bitters and a couple drops of Woodford spiced cherry bitters. No clue if it's accurate, but it was delicious.

David Newfeld 2y

This was introduced to me in simple form (tequila and kahlua) by a Mexican friend in Japan in the 90’s! His family was a multi generational tequila producer. Toro Bravo for the Spanish name! Delicious!

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