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Palmetto Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (55)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1 1/2 fl oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Palmetto Cocktail contains 196 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 22.05% alc./vol. (44.09° proof)
  • 20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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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

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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Comments & Discussion

Bert Schouterden
As I’d run out of orange bitters (and I really like orange taste) I decided to replace them with 1 cl of Picon Amer and 1 cl of Triple Sec.
Ending up with an cocktail that has 4 cl Diplomatico, 4 cl Martini Riserva Spéciale Rubino (for that longer, complex taste) and the said 1 cl of Triple Sec and Picon Amer.

Brought more complexity and depth to the (already great tasting) Palmetto.
score: 1
Rachael
Must have got my dashes just right as this was lovely! Perfectly rounded with nothing fighting for attention in the glass.
My rum was Brugal 1888 and the vermouth Del Professore. I see the other tastings were all around winter time, but this was surprisingly light and summery. I’ll make this one again and again.
score: 2
Bert Schouterden
Vermouth Del Professore is top. Most herbal and balanced Vermouth I had in years !
score: 2
Jeremy Harrold
Fantastic! Instead of the suggested rum (an ongoing problem with many rum specific cocktails), I used Marks & Spencer’s own Dark Jamaican rum and found a 60-30ml, rum-vermouth ratio to be ideal. Rummy, a touch sweet and great orange notes.
score: 0
Aidan O’Shea
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.
score: 2
Monkey Beng
Complex tu trouves ça Complex toi. Bah essaye un mai tai
score: 1
Adam Kormondy
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.
score: 1
Rebecca Jeanson
Kind of sweet, but decent! complex!
score: 1
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$0.07 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 192 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


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* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.