Name: Bitches' Brew cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 22.5 ml Oude genever; 22.5 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml India pale ale (IPA) beer

Bitches' Brew cocktail
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
³⁄₄ fl oz	Oude genever
³⁄₄ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
³⁄₄ fl oz	India pale ale (IPA) beer

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

India pale ale (IPA) beer - Cereals containing gluten

Cocktail of the day:

2nd August 2026 is Peter O'Toole's birthday

Review:

Beer has never tasted so complex - sweet aperitif, dry hoppy IPA beer, bready jenever and cleansing vodka.

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History:

Created by yours truly on 21st February 2015 at the Cabinet Room, London, England and so named due to its ingredients including beer and Byrrh aperitif (also pronounced 'beer') so "brew" seemed appropriate, helped by the track Bitches Brew on the brilliant 1970 Bitches Brew studio album by Miles Davis, the American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bitches' Brew cocktail contains 121 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.21% alc./vol. (38.43° proof)
18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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