Name: New Victoria
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Calvados apple brandy; 7.5 ml Passionfruit liqueur; 5 ml Banana liqueur

New Victoria
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
2 oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₄ oz	Passoã passion fruit liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dried banana chip.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Garnish with dried banana chip.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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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