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Satan's Whiskers (Curled)

Name: Satan's Whiskers (Curled)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Gin; 20 ml Dry vermouth; 20 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 10 ml Orange Curaçao; 20 ml Orange juice; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
2/3 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
2/3 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1/3 fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Satan's Whiskers (Curled) contains 139 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.57% alc./vol. (31.15° proof)
15.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. (A variation on the classic Bronx.)

SATAN'S WHISKERS COCKTAIL. (Straight)
Of Italian Vermouth, French Vermouth, Gin and Orange Juice, two parts each; of Grand Marnier one part; Orange Bitters, a dash.
Shake well and strain into chilled glass.

SATAN'S WHISKERS COCKTAIL. (Curled)
For the Grand Marnier in the foregoing Cocktail, substitute the same quantity of Orange Curaçao.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Review

This variation on the 'Straight' Satan's Whiskers is made curly by the use of orange curaçao liqueur. It seems strangely counter-intuitive as you'd think the slightly richer Grand Marnier would be what made it curly.

Variations/similar cocktails

Satan's Whiskers Straight
Satan's Whiskers Enroulée
Satan's Whiskers Marcelled
Satan's Whiskers (Kevin Armstrong's)

Comments & Discussion

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Sally Morgan Premium Member 3y

Slightly lighter take on the ‘straight’ version, none the worse for that, complex orange flavours and well balanced

Felicia Premium Member 4y

What makes a drink "curled"?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

The use of orange curaçao makes this particular cocktail "curled". I'm not sure there is a reason beyond a term to separate from the "straight" version that uses Grand Marnier.

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