Perfect Guest

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Ketel One Vodka
2⁄3 oz Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1⁄3 oz Fiorente Elderflower Liqueur
1 dash Fee Brothers Celery Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

Gentle
Boozy
Sweet
Dry/sour
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Review:

Clean, grainy vodka forms the backbone of this floral and herbal delicate dessert Vodkatini-style cocktail.

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History:

Created by Giuseppe Santamaria for the Spanish World Class 2012 bartender competition.

Nutrition:

One serving of Perfect Guest contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 24.57% alc./vol. (24.57° proof)
  • 18.5 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
15th June 2023 at 15:19
Ketel One, Cocchi Americano, St. Germain... I was looking for an excuse to use the celery bitters I inexplicably bought awhile back... Wow did this far exceed my expectations. (15 Jun 2023, 11:19a)
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
13th November 2024 at 23:31
With Lillet Blanc and a French organic vodka instead, it retains a bold but standard goodness (... I prefer the above combo, though it is a bit more forte e amaro) (13 Nov 2024, 6:30p)
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Asher Günther’s Avatar Asher Günther
3rd April 2023 at 05:55
A dash of absinthe is a very welcome addition if you also fear the drink might lack a touch of complexity
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Emily’s Avatar Emily
16th July 2021 at 03:35
As stated a vodka-tini style drink but a decent light drink for what it is. Added some other bitters (Moondog Bitteredsling) to add a wee bit more depth to it.
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