Name: Waterloo
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Oude genever; 15 ml Mandarin liqueur; 5 ml German amaro

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Rutte Old Simon Genever
1/2 fl oz	Mandarine Napoleon liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Jägermeisteror other German amaro
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (discarded) & float pickled almond.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

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Review:

A dry, lightly bitter, aperitif cocktail highlighting the bready notes in genever and the bright zesty freshness of mandarin liqueur.

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History:

Created by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

Named after the Battle of Waterloo, which was fought on Sunday 18th June 1815 near the town of Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the Netherlands. The French army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by an Anglo-Allied army commanded by the Duke of Wellington fittingly alongside a Prussian army commanded by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo brought his reign as French Emperor to a sudden end.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Waterloo contains 156 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
28% alc./vol. (56° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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