No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Metropole (Difford's version)
Measurements in:
Serves:
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Cognac (brandy) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 1/2 fl oz | Strucchi Bianco Vermouth |
| 1/24 fl oz | Gomme syrup |
| 2 dash | Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters |
| 1 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
| 2 drop | Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s |
How to make
Glassware
Serve in a Coupe glass
Method
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of orange zest twist expressed & discarded. Adorn with skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry..
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Flavour Profile
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Health & Nutrition
Nutrition:
One serving of Metropole (Difford's version) contains 144 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 23.89% alc./vol. (47.79° proof)
- 18.5 grams of pure alcohol
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Dry vermouth, Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Review
If bianco vermouth was available in 1889, when the opening bartending team at the Hotel Metropole lazily subtly tweaked the established Metropolitan to create their signature cocktail, they would have perhaps used it in preference to dry vermouth and gomme syrup. I've imagined that in my three-ingredient Tripole but the above recipe introduces bianco vermouth while doffing my hat to the original 1889 Metropol cocktail.
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