Name: Black Tie
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rum - 6-10yr old Caribbean blended rum; 15 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 15 ml Triple sec (e.g. Cointreau); 7.5 ml Orgeat (almond) syrup (2:1); 1/2 Black strap molasses; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Physalis (cape gooseberry)

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

1 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1/2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/2 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/4 fl oz	Giffard Orgeat Syrup
¹⁄₂ barspoon	Black strap molasses
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Bacardi 8 year old rum, 70cl

£ 34.25 £ 1.49 per cocktail, makes 23 Combier Triple Sec, 70cl

£ 17.95 £ 0.39 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Combier Triple Sec, 70cl

£ 31.25 £ 0.67 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Giffard Orgeat Syrup, 100cl

£ 9.25 £ 0.07 per cocktail, makes 133

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Hazardous ingredients

Giffard Orgeat Syrup is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.

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Review:

Depending on the sweetness of your molasses, you may not need to add sugar syrup.

History:

Adapted from a drink created by Mark Lynch at Green 19 in Dublin, Ireland.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.37% alc./vol. (40.74° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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