BBC (by Marian Beke)

Name: BBC (by Marian Beke)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Becherovka liqueur; 1 dash Wormwood bitters

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Becherovka liqueur
1 dash	Wormwood bitters (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of apple fan or dehydrated apple slice.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with apple fan or apple slice.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
31.18% alc./vol. (62.36° proof)
23.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 2009 by Marian Beke at the Artesian Bar, London, England. The Artesian Bar sits in the Langham Hotel opposite the BBC's Broadcasting House. Indeed, the BBC moved into the Langham after the Broadcasting House was bombed during the Second World War ... they stayed almost 20 years.

Review

Based on the classic B & B cocktail with rum replacing brandy and Becherovka in place of Bénédictine.

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