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

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

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	Giffard Orgeat Syrup
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Garnish:

Dehydrated lemon slice wheel

How to make:

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

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Giffard Orgeat Syrup – Nuts

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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.

Variant:

Yellow Mist
Fort Lauderdale (by Sam Ross)

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.

Nutrition:

One serving of Almonds in Alameda contains 199 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.49% alc./vol. (38.98° proof)
21 grams of pure alcohol

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