Name: Archbishop
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml OP high ester aged pot still rum; 20 ml Red bitter liqueur; 10 ml Chartreuse Green

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Overproof aged pot still rum (high-ester 4-6 years old)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of 2 orange zest twists.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS first orange zest twist over the cocktail and discard. Express the second orange zest twist and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Archbishop contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
37.4% alc./vol. (74.8° proof)
22.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 8w

I'm on a tentative tour of drinks I could potentially make with my neglected Hamilton 151. My word, yes, this is potent. But good grief does it have an alarming harmony. Watch out! Am I crass in suggesting this might be more of service as a bartenders handshake type of shot?

Nikolaus Linder Premium Member 1y

Negroni for grownups. Love it :)

Ben Littlechilds 1y

Just had this, as the last post mentioned, shocked how balanced it was! That funky S&C banana note was well matched by the bitterness and herbal-ness. A banger for me!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

I used Smith & Cross, Campari, Green Chartreuse, and generous orange zest and found this to be remarkably well balanced. And unique. ♡♡♡♡♡

Loïc Pierre 1y

Tried with Cross and Smith. I found it too strong... I've added 1/4 oz white vermouth (not dry) and preferred it.

Loïc Pierre 1y

* Smith & Cross

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

As Simon said before me, this is not for the faint of heart. I'm glad Difford decreased the volume by a third but it could've honestly been by like half, because the amount of dilution required is still enough for a "normal" cocktail.

Otherwise it's a very interesting cocktail. The combination of flavours brought out a bergamot taste I've never noticed in any of the ingredients before. If nothing else this is a great cocktail to find new flavours with!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I do wonder how upping the Chartreuse to 3:2:2 would work. Maybe it would stabilise the other ingredients. To be honest I kind of love/hate this cocktail. It's out of balance right now but I believe that with the right proportions this could become one of my favourites of all time.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Not for the faint of heart...even at the reduced volumes. In an attempt to calm this unruly cleric we added 10ml fino sherry and 5ml dry vermouth...better for us.