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

Gaberdine
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Glass:

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₃ oz	Lucano amaro
¹⁄₆ oz	Amaro (e.g. Meletti)
¹⁄₆ 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 merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spirit-forward, bittersweet and herbal.

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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.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gaberdine contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
29.36% alc./vol. (29.36° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

3rd September at 03:44

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

31st August at 15:14

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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