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Fibber McGee

Name: Fibber McGee
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/6 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Fibber McGee contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
21.5% alc./vol. (43° proof)
18.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in David A. Embury's 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

FIBBER McGEE
A Sweet Martini with a dash of Angostura and about 2 teaspoons of grapefruit juice to each drink.
David A. Embury, 1948

Review

Delicately flavoured, bittersweet grapefruit and sweet vermouth fortified with gin.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$67.99 $4.12 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$4.16 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Had no idea this would taste as distinct and stridently boozy as it did. But I should've guessed... The Ango, and even the grapefruit, are quite discernible. Hmm... I'll have to play with the specs slightly... Stiff brunch drink. (16 Jan 2024, 6:43p)