Quarter Century

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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe
4 oz Brut champagne/sparkling wine chilled
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR first 3 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. TOP with sparkling wine.
  6. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

This bittersweet, faintly fruity, sparkling aperitivo may find its way onto our list of Contemporary Classic Cocktails.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2024 by Anders Ericson in honour of 2025, a special year for the Ericson household.

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Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 11.98% alc./vol. (11.98° proof)
  • 18 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn’s Avatar Chris Brislawn
21st March at 03:29
This belongs in the same category as the Negroni Spagliato but reveals the generality of the recipe as a template for a large class of variations. Chill equal parts red bitter liqueur, fruit liqueur (pomegranate was great), and maybe a dash of added complexity (e.g., absinthe), strain and fill with the bubbly of your choice (leftover brut was awesome), and garnish with citrus zest. Works (and looks) great in a flute as well as in a coupe.
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