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South of Heaven

Name: South of Heaven
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Mastiha liqueur; 30 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 15 ml Fernet liqueur; 3 dash Celery bitters

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Mastiha liqueur
1 fl oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
3 dash	Fee Brothers Celery bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest & mint sprigs.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lemon zest twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of South of Heaven contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.06% alc./vol. (42.12° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Celery bitters — Celery

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2013 by George Megalokonomos at Food Mafia, Athens, Greece. This was the winning cocktail in the Mediterranean Cocktails Challenge 2013.

Review

Bittersweet and refreshing with the very distinctive flavours of mastiha and Fernet Branca.

Skinos Mastiha 700ml - makes 14 cocktails
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Fernet Branca 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$19.99 $0.80 per cocktail Fernet Branca image

Fee Brothers Celery Bitters 150ml - makes 160 cocktails
$10.49 $0.07 per cocktail Fee Brothers Celery Bitters image

$3.51 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 14 cocktails.
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Matt Premium Member 1y

Juicy and some minty freshness, quite light.

Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 2y

This one holds a special place in my repertoire. I had a pinot gris from domaine Weinbach with my dinner and thought that was it, but this is just as perfect.

Fernando Yu 3y

The different parts all stand out.. Surprisingly refreshing!

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