The Salty Bird

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (128 ratings)

Serve in a

Collins glass
Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3/4 fl oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 1/2 fl oz Pineapple juice
1/2 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
8 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of dehydrated pineapple .
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. Garnish with dehydrated pineapple.

Strength & taste guide:


Review:

Salty Bird hardly suggests a sweet fruity drink but perfectly befits this bittersweet rum-laced pineapple sipper.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Lauren Schell at The Everleigh in Melbourne, Australia and promoted by Campari in 2013.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Salty Bird contains 197 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 12.85% alc./vol. (25.7° proof)
  • 17.4 grams of pure alcohol
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