Name: Praecocia Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Vermouth amaro; 7.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Praecocia Cocktail
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ oz	Punt E Mes vermouth amaro
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Bourbon and apricot are a well-established match, and everybody who drinks Manhattan's will recognise how well sweet vermouth and bitters work with bourbon. Hence, it's perhaps not surprising that this spirit-forward cocktail is delicious.

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Variant:

The Slope

History:

Created in 2010 by Jamie Boudreau at Vessel, Seattle, USA. Jamie describes his 1½ spirit to ¾ vermouth and ¼ modifier as the "Mister Potato Head of Ratios."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Praecocia Cocktail contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.43% alc./vol. (27.43° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

23rd March at 16:06

Yeah, this is another Manhattan riff that (in my mind) surpass the original. The spicy bitterness works great with the bourbon, and the Apricot is a nice accent without overtaking the flavours. This is also one of those cocktails where a dash of Angostura actually shows up in the flavour profile. It's not really needed for the bitterness but the warm spices helps to round everything off and come together.

MIKE LANDERS

21st April 2024 at 21:59

Good Manhattan riff. I thought the apricot was pretty subtle but still a tasty drink. I used wild turkey 101, punt e mes and Rothman & Winter orchard apricot and ango.

John Hinojos

3rd August 2022 at 00:22

This has been on our wish list and lost at the bottom. So glad we decided to try. Excellent rift on the Manhattan with slight peach hints. Wonderful as an early evening aperitif.

Nathalie O'Flynn

20th March 2022 at 00:23

Recently started going through my ‘wish list’ and this was one of them. I have many liqueurs for which I don’t have enough cocktails to make with so it was great to see a list with apricot brandy. I do love my Manhattans so
that was very pleasurable.

Jason Edward CLAPHAM

27th March 2021 at 07:12

This is a lower ABV version of The Slope, which has a heftier base of rye.

Karsten Ronnenberg

7th January 2022 at 22:48

So no wonder it worked so well with both, Bourbon and Rye.

Simon Difford

27th March 2021 at 10:10

Great observation Jason. I've added a link to The Slope under "Variant" above and vice-versa on The Slope page.

Valerie Batey

27th March 2021 at 02:56

I miss Vessel so much!! This is an exquisite cocktail.

Kjell Eriksson

30th December 2020 at 22:39

I liked this one very much – 4.5 of 5 – although before I even knew that I elected to interpret the ratio as 6:3:1 (cl), which results in the size of a cocktail that I prefer.

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