VC (Vermouth & Cassis)

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UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl
Ingredients:
3 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
3/4 fl oz Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare lemon zest for garnish.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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Review:

Dry vermouth balances the richness of crème de cassis.

History:

The combination of dry vermouth and crème de cassis was most popular in the early 1900s when Noilly Prat featured the combination in a 1919 advertisement campaign.

Nutrition:

One serving of VC (Vermouth & Cassis) contains 147 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 14.33% alc./vol. (28.66° proof)
  • 16.1 grams of pure alcohol
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Christmas Eve image

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Today is, of course, Christmas Eve and it's also, rather splendidly, the anniversary of the first time men orbited the moon.

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