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

Waterloo
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Oude genever
¹⁄₂ oz	Mandarine Napoleon liqueur
¹⁄₆ 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 and pickled almond.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with pickled almond.

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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:

1.8 standard drinks
30.96% alc./vol. (30.96° proof)
24.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

26th February at 18:40

In some ways it's an Old Fashioned riff and should be treated as such, albeit with Genever so it's going to lean towards the dry, aperitif-y way rather than the bourbon OF which is very much a night cap. Make sure to use a good genever, it'll make or break this drink!

Simon Sedgley

3rd August 2024 at 15:58

Vaguely Martini-ish. So we misted with sweet olive - Osmanthus fragrans, the flowers of which we infuse in green tea.

Simon Sedgley

3rd August 2024 at 16:05

But maybe that would make it a Water-Liu.

John Hinojos

7th November 2022 at 01:05

Delicious. The combination of ingredients makes for a bitter and mildly sweet aperitif. Hints of mandarin, herbal, and mint. Also feel there is a spicy and peppery aftertaste. On my favourites. Well done. Thank you.

James Brooke

18th June 2022 at 09:46

Simon, this sounds very interesting. Unfortunately, I don't have Jagermeister but I do have Amaro Averna and Amaro Montenegro. Do you feel I could use either of those instead?