Name: The Cappa Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Gin; 30 ml Pineau des Charentes; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur

Ingredients

1 1/4 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Ferrand Pineau des Charentes

1/3 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist .

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
24.13% alc./vol. (48.26° proof)
18.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pineau des Charentes blanc — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2012 by Franky Marshall at 15 Romolo in San Francisco, California. Ms Franky named her Cappa cocktail for the black cloaks, or Cappas, worn by the Black Friar monks at the monastery, which now houses the Plymouth gin distillery.

Gary "gaz" Regan reported on The Cappa Cocktail in his The Cocktailian column in The San Francisco Chronicle during August 2013, by which time Ms Franky Marshall was bartending at New York's The Dead Rabbit. In gaz's column, the recipe given is:
"1½ ounces Plymouth gin
1½ ounces Pierre Ferrand Pineau des Charentes
½ ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur
1 lemon twist, as garnish
Instructions: Stir all the ingredients, except the garnish, over ice, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add the lemon twist."

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Comments & Discussion

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rudy sebille 29w

Excellent, tout en rondeur grâce au pinneau des Charentes.
Je le recommande.

Erik Lindgren 1y

This is an excellent cocktail. Mellow and fragrant. Lets the floral notes of the pineau shine, supported by the gin. I used a modern citrusy London dry style gin, but with this paired back style of cocktail I can really see the choice of gin making a huge difference. Pineau charentes needs more recognition!

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 1y

Delicious and notwithstanding not the original proportions (45ml/45ml/15) nicely balanced; it benefits from the extra gin. And for those interested, she apparently named it for the black cloaks, or cappas, worn by the Black Friar monks who used to dwell in what is now the Plymouth gin distillery as read here in an interview with her - https://www.sfgate.com/wine/cocktailian/article/cappa-destined-to-become-a-classic-drink-4704078.php