Name: Irresistible
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 22.5 ml Rum - Light gold (1-3 year old molasses column); 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur; 15 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino); 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

3/4 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3/4 fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1/2 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Review:

Rum-laced, herbal yet delicate with cleansing citrus notes.

Variant:

Apricot brandy liqueur in place of Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

IRRESISTIBLE
Cocktail Glass
Shake
1-1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz Benedictine
(Substitute 1/4 oz apricot flavoured brandy for Benedictine
Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.99% alc./vol. (41.98° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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