Roosevelt Cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 3⁄4 oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄4 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄6 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Hit the right proportions with freshly squeezed orange juice, and this drink is sublime.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Roosevelt Cocktail contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 21.06% alc./vol. (21.06° proof)
  • 18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Charlie Forbes’ Avatar Charlie Forbes
4th August 2024 at 16:03
Try using acidified orange juice. Leaves the cocktail much brighter and better suited as a Summer sip!
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
4th April 2024 at 09:29
El Dorado 8, Noilly Prat, Cara Cara juice, rich demerara... Surprising. I'll revisit this.
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Helge Syversen’s Avatar Helge Syversen
6th October 2023 at 15:53
Andded one dasj of FEE BROTHERS west Indian orange bitters .
Try that
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Michael Z’s Avatar Michael Z
14th January 2023 at 02:10
I used bottled OJ, and not the result I expected. Will try again with fresh squeezed OJ.
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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
27th January 2022 at 03:20
Sublime indeed.
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Tristan Naramore’s Avatar Tristan Naramore
30th September 2021 at 22:25
I never would have thought dry vermouth and rum could mix, but here we are. Fantastic results.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
5th August 2021 at 00:12
Perfect sweetness. Interesting blends of flavours, but they all work together.
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