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Perpetual Cocktail

Name: Perpetual Cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Crème Yvette liqueur; 2.5 ml Brown/dark cacao liqueur; 4 drop Chocolate bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Crème Yvette liqueur
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Brown/dark crème de cacao liqueur
4 drop	Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Perpetual Cocktail contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
13.96% alc./vol. (27.92° proof)
13.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Recipe adapted from Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 book Recipes for Mixed Drinks (pape 26):
"½ Italian Vermouth
½ French Vermouth
2 dashes Crème de Cacao
4 dashes Crème Yvette
Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve."

More cocktails by Hugo R. Esslinn

Review

Delicate berry fruit and chocolate influences herbal vinous vermouth.

Comments & Discussion

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JACQUELINE KIRK 5y

Love this! of course, had to sub things- Distillerie Salamandre Crème de violette; homemade crème de cacao; Dolin sweet vermouth; Noilly Prat dry vermouth. It's always surprising what chocolate can really pair well with. In this case violette (check Rose By Any Other Name, too!) and also Chartreuse Vert. Lovely and low ABV!