New Victoria

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (16 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
12 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
14 oz Passoã passion fruit liqueur
16 oz Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Dried banana chip

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and stain into ice-filled glass(preferably a large cube or chunk of block ice). DRIZZLE banana liqueur.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

A fruity Old Fashioned. They shook rather than stirred it in the 1930s, so "shake it to wake it."

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book where its creation is attributed to "by J. Stephens."

NEW VICTORIA
Invented by J. Stephens
2/3 Rye Whisky.
1/6 Calvados.
1/6 Sweet Passion Fruit Juice.
Shake.
Add 3 dashes of Crème de Banane.

Charles A. Tuck, Cocktails and Mixed Drinks, 1967

Nutrition:

One serving of New Victoria contains 217 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 2 standard drinks
  • 32.43% alc./vol. (32.43° proof)
  • 28.4 grams of pure alcohol

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