Name: Réveillon Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Pear liqueur; 7.5 ml Pimento dram; 7.5 ml Vermouth amaro; 4 drop Abbott's bitters

Réveillon Cocktail
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Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ oz	Giffard Poire William
¹⁄₄ oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Punt E Mes vermouth amaro
4 drop	Bob's Abbotts bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of cinnamon stick.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Bittersweet and spicy with underlying warming apple spirit. Originally designed to be served straight-up in a Nick & Nora glass, we think it's better suited to being served on-the-rocks, preferably over a chunk of block ice.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2005 by Chuck Taggart, the Los Angeles-based New Orleanian cocktail-loving disc jockey behind GumboPages.com. Chuck reports that after trying the drink for the first time at a 2005 Christmas party, Ted "Dr Cocktail" Haigh declared, "Oh, this is delightful!" adding, "It's like sucking on Santa!"

In French and Portuguese, a réveillon is a long dinner, and often a social gathering, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Day. In the same way that Americans seem to celebrate St Patrick's Day more fervently than the Irish, Réveillon is particularly celebrated in New Orleans, either due to the city's strong French heritage or it being a damn good excuse for a nosh-up and party.

Réveillon comes from the French word, réveil meaning 'waking' (or 'alarm clock' according to the very literal Google Translate). Why the name? Well, any good party should last through the early hours. Right!

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Nutrition:

One serving of Réveillon Cocktail contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
25.87% alc./vol. (25.87° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

30th March 2023 at 03:50

Really, really loved this. Perfect for a night cap. A little on the sweet side, but OK as a night cap. Does work great over ice. Love the kick from the Pimento Dram and the bitters.

Eduar5 Bellini

13th February 2022 at 13:59

This is too sweet for my taste. The original has pear eau-de-vie and less vermouth, which I think works better.

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