Name: Right Hand
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 2 dash Xocolatl mole bitters

Right Hand
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
2 dash	Xocolatl mole bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (discarded) & orange slice wheel.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This rum-based Negroni may make you wonder why you've been drinking gin Negronis all these years. The Right Hand is usually served straight-up in a coupe but I prefer it tamed by serving on-the-rocks in an old-fashioned glass.

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Variant:

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created 2007-8 by Michael McIlroy at Milk & Honey in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Right Hand contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.94% alc./vol. (23.94° proof)
21.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Peter McCarthy

14th January at 05:44

Bacardi 8 year seemed to get lost in the mix... Will need to try again with a different rum...

John CARR

29th April 2024 at 10:59

And substituting Cynar for the Campari would give a… Cyn Rummy!

Howard Griffin

24th October 2023 at 03:49

I found it excellent as specified, using Haciendo Saruro Ron Añejo (Venezuela), Cocchi vermouth, and “Red” aperitivo by Forthave Spirits (Brooklyn NY).

Roberto Boertje

2nd June 2023 at 16:40

Cane rock spiced and El Dorado 8yo did the trick. Awesome cocktail!

Chris Brislawn

26th May 2023 at 04:18

Quinine and aged rum is tricky. Had pretty good luck using 1.25 oz R.L. Seale 10-year-old (though I now think white rum would work better), 1 oz Carpano Antica formula, and 3/4 oz Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter, which is a bit less quinine-dominated than Campari. Used a really big orange twist and dropped it in since no orange wheels. Not sure that the Xocolatl bitters are helping; this has plenty going on as it is. The real question is whether/which rum works as a base for a Negroni.