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Almonds in Alameda

Name: Almonds in Alameda
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Orgeat syrup

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated lemon slice wheel.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Almonds in Alameda contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
19.49% alc./vol. (38.99° proof)
22.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Martin Sheehan-Stross for Tribune Tavern, Oakland, California, USA. Named after nearby neighbouring Alameda, home to distilleries including St. George Spirits, makers of the vodka this cocktail was originally based on.

Review

When I first tried this (in November 2023) it seemed familiar but I this combination of ingredients didn't already exist on our database. Not the most exciting cocktail I've added to Difford's Guide but it's well-balanced sweet 'n' sour almond-laced flavour will appeal to many and upset few.

Variations/similar cocktails

Yellow Mist
Fort Lauderdale (by Sam Ross)

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.60 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail

Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail

$2.40 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Loïc Pierre 1y

Interesting. Perhaps a little too sweet, at the end I added 2 drops of angostura bitter and 2 drops of orange bitter to exhaust the drink.

Joshua Perez 2y

The Cafe Royal Cocktail Book has a very similar drink with gin called a Yellow Mist. Basically an Army Navy with some added apricot.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Thanks, Joshua. I've added a link to the Yellow Mist above.

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