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Special Brew Martini

Name: Special Brew Martini
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Vodka; 37.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 37.5 ml Sake; 1 dash Absinthe

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (21)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 Special Brew Martini contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
18.94% alc./vol. (37.88° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created 21st February 2015 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Review

Hopefully, it's 'Special'! 'Brew' refers to both the use of Byrrh (pronounced beer) and sake (which is brewed). To be a true 'Martini' a cocktail should have both gin and vermouth – we tried gin but vodka worked so much better. Byrrh doesn't qualify as a vermouth as while an aromatised wine it lacks wormwood – an omission made up for in this drink with a dash of absinthe.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 20 cocktails
$19.99 $1.00 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Dubonnet Red 750ml - makes 20 cocktails
$15.99 $0.80 per cocktail Dubonnet Red image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 640 cocktails
$17.99 $0.03 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

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Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 1y

Elegant and attractive pale rose-gold color. Simple formulation allows for the delicious fruit of the Byrrh and the Daiginjo sake to lead the flavor with the vodka vanishing into the background. A very nice vodka martini/saketini variant.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

Unlike Agent 007, we are not big fans of the Martini but perhaps this one will encourage us to experiment with other aromatised wines, such as Lillet Blanc and Cocchi Americano.

Mike Ummels 3y

Easy to make with few ingredients and yet it tastes so complex. The relatively low alcohol content also works well. A good reason to try and buy sake for a change!

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