Name: Palmetto Cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 45 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2 dash Orange bitters

Palmetto Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The orange bitters are key to balancing and adding depth to the equal parts aged rum and sweet vermouth. However, go easy with those dashes or bitter orange will dominate this complex cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

PALMETTO COCKTAIL.
2 Dash Orange Bitters.
½ Italian Vermouth.
½ St. Croix Rum.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Palmetto Cocktail contains 196 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.05% alc./vol. (22.05° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Aidan O’Shea

15th December 2024 at 00:46

Used Ron del Barrilito and Cocchi. This was as complex as advertised, and less sweet than I had anticipated. Nice to have a Manhattan variation that's a little lower ABV and more tropical in the mix.

Monkey Beng

4th March 2024 at 12:35

Complex tu trouves ça Complex toi. Bah essaye un mai tai

Adam Kormondy

3rd February 2024 at 05:23

Nice and complex but need to try it with a different rum. Used a 5-year column rum (The Navigator) and it was bullied by the vermouth. Orange bitters and zest brings it together.

Rebecca Jeanson

22nd October 2020 at 03:08

Kind of sweet, but decent! complex!

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