Byrrh Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (8 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 13 oz Canadian blended whisky
1 13 oz Byrrh aperitif aromatised wine
1 13 oz Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1 dash Peach bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express orange zest twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Review:

Canadian blended whisky provides the backbone over which layers of complex French aromatised wine are layered.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Nutrition:

One serving of Byrrh Cocktail contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 19.84% alc./vol. (19.84° proof)
  • 23.9 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
8th June at 05:56
Like a Manhattan bit much lighter and brighter. Wonderfully flavourful and I’m surprised at the lack of traffic here. In the absence of Canadian Whisky split the basebetween Jameson black barrel and Elijah Craig bourbon. One for the album, Gromit