Sputnek
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Sputnek
Glass:
Serve in a Coupe glass
| 1 1⁄2 fl oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Fernet Branca liqueur |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄3 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 6 drop | Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s |
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
How to make:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, the Sputnek is a cleansing appetite sharper or digestivo.
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide).
(The) SPUTNEK
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977
Cocktail Glass
Shake/Blend
½ oz Fernet Branca
1-½oz vodka
½ tsp sugar
½ oz lemon(or lime) juice
Nutrition:
One serving of Sputnek contains 166 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 20.59% alc./vol. (41.19° proof)
- 18.8 grams of pure alcohol
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1 1⁄2 fl oz Vodka (Weber Ranch)
3/4 fl oz Fernet liqueur (R. Jelínek)
1⁄2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Simple syrup
6 drop Saline solution
2 dash Grapefruit bitters
Bittersweet from the Fernet I used and sweetness and sour from the sugar and lemon. I deviated from the OG by: upping the Fernet ;using simple instead of rich syrup; and, adding the grapefruit bitters.
The vodka is an oddball made from blue agave spirit redistilled to produce a grain-free neutral spirit. Still has some residual sweetness that a totally neutral vodka doesn’t have.