Name: Surf & Turf Cocktail
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Gin - Old Tom gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Dry; 15 ml Sherry - Fino; 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur; 2.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1.25 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 1 Absinthe verte (green); 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Skewered caperberry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Portobello Old Tom gin
3/4 fl oz	Noilly Prat Extra Dry
1/2 fl oz	Fino sherry
1/4 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
1/12 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/24 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

Fino sherry adds a slight salty 'surf' note to this riff on the classic Turf Club Cocktail

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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History:

Created 8th September 2014 by Yours Truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England. I've tweaked the recipe in recent years, the original:
1½ Old Tom gin
¾ Dry vermouth
½ Fino sherry
¼ Orange curacao
1 dash Aromatic bitters
½ chilled water
Turf cocktail history

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Nutrition:

One serving of Surf & Turf Cocktail contains 174 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.31% alc./vol. (54.62° proof)
25.8 grams of pure alcohol

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