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a Rum barrel mug or pint glass glass...
5 fresh Raspberries
⅔ shot Ketel One Vodka BUY
⅔ shot Becherovka (Carlsbad Becher)
¼ shot Freshly squeezed lime juice
2¾ shot Budweiser Budvar
⅓ shot Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters BUY
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How to make:

MUDDLE raspberries in base of large shaker tin. Add ice and other ingredients then THROW (strain from a height into a second strainer). Repeat four times and then strain into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Lime zest twist

Comment:

Raspberry fruit, herbal complexity and dry hoppy beer with a splash of zesty lime. Fabulously refreshing.

Origin:

Created in 2013 by Simone Caporale at the Artesian Bar, Langham Hotel, London, England. Simone was one of five finalists in the Difford's Guide Beer-tail Competition held on Friday 9th August 2013 at Simon Difford’s Cabinet Room in London.

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