JavaScript is not enabled!
For information on how to enable Javascript on your browser click here.

Borrachón

Name: Borrachón
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Spanish brandy; 30 ml Palo cortado sherry; 10 ml Licor 43; 6 drop Vanilla bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (7)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Spanish brandy
1 fl oz	Lustau Palo Cortado Península Sherry
1/3 fl oz	Licor 43 Original liqueur
6 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled 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 Borrachón contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
24% alc./vol. (47.99° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Palo cortado sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in May 2025 and inspired by the heroic drinker featured in a vintage Cayetano del Pino & Cía advertisement. The advert featured the bodega's amontillado, but this cocktail is better with palo cortado.

Review

Fino notes in the palo cortado sherry add freshness to this delicately spiced and vanilla-influenced brandy old-fashioned.

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

Chris Brislawn 1 year ago

No palo cortado so had to make do with amontillado, but I did have Lustau brandy aged in amontillado casks. Licor 43 works well with the other ingredients and the sweetness is just right as specified. A few drops of vanilla extract made up for my lack of vanilla bitters. Distinctive and well-balanced.

See more...

More cocktails by Simon Difford