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Gaberdine

Name: Gaberdine
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 10 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 5 ml Amaro (e.g. Meletti); 5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 1 dash Creole bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lucano amaro
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Meletti)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Gaberdine contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
29.38% alc./vol. (58.76° proof)
17.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. Your choice of rum will dramatically influence this cocktail, which was originally based on Planteray Original Dark rum.

More cocktails by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails

Review

Spirit-forward, bittersweet and herbal.

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Chris Brislawn 1y

I made it with Scarlet Ibis rum, because I had an open bottle I hadn't used in awhile and wanted to be sure it wasn't going bad. Besides the Amaro Lucano, the recipe calls for Amaro Meletti, which I don't have. With a high- (though not over-)proof rum like Ibis I thought the second amaro should be dark and substantial and not Averna, which Clapham or Difford could have specified as alternatives if they'd wanted to. After surveying (and tasting) my in-house options I went with Amaro Bellini, which I think worked well with and complemented the Lucano. This drink is as much about your choice of amaro(s) as it is about your rum.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Not sure about other rums but Havana 7 certainly works. It provides a nice roast note that's almost smoky with the other amari. Overall it's just a nice, dark drink suitable for the early autumn evenings.

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