Name: Bitter in Brazil
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cachaça (unaged); 22.5 ml Orange Curaçao; 22.5 ml Vermouth amaro (Pun.); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1&frasl;2 barspoon Fernet liqueur; 15 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cachaça (unaged)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Punt E Mes vermouth amaro

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

¹⁄₂ barspoon

Fernet Branca liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

24.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Allison Hay 25w

I agree with the other comments — too sweet. I don’t hate it but I won’t be rushing to make it again.

Mephisto 48w

Interesting to see a cachaça cocktail with punt e mês, we don't find this in Brazil easily.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

We think that it's a bit of a mistake to use Cachaca in spirit-forward drinks such as this one, and prefer to use a dark Rum. As commenter Mike says, "The cachaca was nowhere to be found". That said, the drink does have balance, but what does it want to express? We're not sure.

Mike Premium Member 1y

This didn’t work for me. It was a bit like an orange curaçao Negroni. The cachaca was nowhere to be found. Disappointing.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Used agricole rhum in place of Cachaca and honestly I can't tell much of a difference. The drink works great though!

Alex Grieb 3y

This has become my favourite drink over the last six months or so. I personally omit the simple syrup, as the punt e mes and curacao are plenty sweet already. The grassy freshness of the cachaca and the bitter notes compliment each other so well, I urge anyone to try this drink!