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Hard Start

Name: Hard Start
Total time: 1 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Fernet liqueur; 15 ml Mint fernet amaro

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (12)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1/2 fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur (chilled)
1/2 fl oz	Brancamenta (chilled)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Shot glass

Method

Select a SHOT GLASS.
No garnish to prepare.
POUR ingredients into chilled glass.
Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
31.36% alc./vol. (62.73° proof)
8.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

Inspired by his earlier Waterfront, the Hard Start was created in 2009 by Damon Boelte when beverage director at Prime Meats in Brooklyn, New York City. This two-ingredients shot originated during a challenging brunch service when the restaurant's general manager, Bill Mann, who was working a hangover, asked Damon for a pick-me-up. After drinking the shot, Bill said it should be named after the method of starting a bike with a dead battery by rolling down a hill, putting it in gear and popping the clutch. (What we Brits call a 'bump start'.) Hence, Damon named his new shot the Hard Start.

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