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Nightwish

Name: Nightwish
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka; 15 ml Fino sherry; 7.5 ml Banana liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 drop Cardamom bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 drop	Cardamom bitters
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and skewer (preferably with a skull-topped pick) for garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Nightwish contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.55% alc./vol. (35.11° proof)
17.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Kelsey Ramage for Black Lagoon, the Halloween pop-up bar concept.

Review

Vodka may fortify this cocktail, but it's led by the interplay between fino sherry, banana liqueur and sweet 'n' sour.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.21 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$15.99 $0.32 per cocktail Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry image

Giffard Banane du Brésil 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$37.99 $0.38 per cocktail Giffard Banane du Brésil image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$2.11 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Ian Lessels Premium Member 1y

Does this have any relationship with the popular Finnish heavy metal band?

Shogi Redbrook Premium Member 1y

Probably, because apparently it was invented at a goth bar called Black Lagoon. One to make with Finlandia vodka maybe!

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