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Meditation

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (31)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
2 fl oz Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
3⁄4 fl oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄6 fl oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1⁄6 fl oz Fernet Branca liqueur
1⁄6 fl oz Monin Grenadine Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Meditation contains 142 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 15.66% alc./vol. (31.32° proof)
  • 15.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

History

Adapted from a recipe in Charles Christopher Mueller's 1934 Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars.

MEDITATION
3/4 jigger sherry
1/4 Vermouth
Dash Green Chartreuse
Dash fernet branca
Dash grenadine
Glass No. 2. Shake.

Charles A. Tuck, Cocktails and Mixed Drinks, 1967

Review

Sherry underpins this brilliantly balanced cocktail with delicate herbal fruity notes.

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Comments & Discussion

Calvin Grant Premium Member
Brilliant and enduring concoction. If you've got the ingredients give it a try, did not disappoint!
score: 1
Doug Bain Premium Member
Surprisingly refreshing. Well balanced. Interesting. Great cocktail.
score: 1
Werd Bmocsil
Finally! A good use for the dusty bottle of Contratto Fernet in my cabinet.
score: 1
G. M. Genovese Premium Member
First sip is all sherry and rosso. Second sip, hmm, now I'm getting a soft swell of the Chartreuse and Fernet. Wait (depending on your brand or recipe; my house variety is on point) and, a few beats into the aftertaste, the grenadine does briefly bloom. Kind of remarkable... Let the drink sit, and the flavors marry, and the edge of the sherry tames, and this becomes a fine sipper. Well, I never...
score: 3
maya foster
Wow. Much better than I anticipated.
score: 2
James Casswell
Lacking Amontillado I used Fino and still ended up with a lovely, complex and balanced drink. Will definitely be making again.
score: 2

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Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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