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Nestor's Cup

Name: Nestor's Cup
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Fernet liqueur; 22.5 ml Cherry brandy; 1 dash Cherry bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
1 dash	Fee Brothers Cherry bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.54% alc./vol. (57.07° proof)
25.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails.

More cocktails by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails

Review

Freshening gin-laced cherry. Enjoy as an aperitivo or cleansing late-night tipple.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Fernet Branca 375ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.21 per cocktail Fernet Branca image

Cherry Heering Liqueur 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$29.99 $0.91 per cocktail Cherry Heering Liqueur image

Fee Brothers Cherry Bitters 150ml - makes 480 cocktails
$10.49 $0.02 per cocktail Fee Brothers Cherry Bitters image

$4.20 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Kevin Haynes Premium Member 48w

Went with Bombay Sapphire and Luxardo Cherry with the Fernet. Used ratios from recipe. As Caspian and David have said, it's not sweet at all. The flavors are well balanced, one flavor doesn't dominate a sip, though the Fernet clings more on the aftertaste than the juniper and cherry.

A solid cocktail and a fine way to enjoy Fernet.

David Newfeld 1y

I agree that the Fernet prevents too much sweetness but I went with 2/3 oz ea of the liqueurs. Not sure if this is something an ancient Greek king would drink but why not! I love it and am thinking of rye for next time!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I honestly thought it would be cloyingly sweet but it's not at all. The mint and bitterness from the Fernet really balances everything. It benefits from the dilution though.

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