Lakeshore

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (3 ratings)

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
2 oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
14 oz Fernet Branca liqueur
14 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. No garnish to prepare.

How to make:

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Serve naked, without garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

A variation on PDT's Newark Cocktail, the Lakeshore is a delicious spirit-forward, herbal, fresh, bittersweet aperitivo or cleansing late-night digestivo.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by Jason E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. of Clapham Cocktails in Oxford, England. Jason's recipe is based on Planteray 3 Star Rum.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 25.32% alc./vol. (25.32° proof)
  • 26.6 grams of pure alcohol

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JP Rosevear’s Avatar JP Rosevear
5 hours ago
Regarding origin, this is basically the Duboudreau Cocktail from Meehan's Bartender Manual (p 341) with Rum instead of Rittenhouse Rye.
Tuber Magnatum’s Avatar Tuber Magnatum
17 hours ago
Very nice and works well as a bittersweet apertivo. I would like to try again but use a different amaro; maybe Cynar?