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Georgetown Club

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Georgetown Club image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 fl oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1⁄4 fl oz Agricole blanc/cane juice rhum (unaged)
1⁄4 fl oz Falernum liqueur

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Georgetown Club contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 23.82% alc./vol. (47.64° proof)
  • 21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe in Charles H. Baker Jr.'s 1951 South American Gentleman's Companion, leaning heavily on the Georgetown Club Frederic Yarm served at Loyal Nine in Cambridge, Massachusetts in late Spring/early Summer 2016.

THE GEORGETOWN CLUB COCKTAIL, which is a SIMPLE YET DEFINITELY INTERESTING MIX, from the CAPITAL CITY of BRITISH GUIANA.
Use bar glass, not shaker. Into it turn 2 oz finest white rum available, like Cuban Bacardi, ¾ pony Noilly Prat Dry French Vermouth, and 1 tsp Falernum. Stir gently with lots of ice and strain into chilled stemmed cocktail glass. Twist curl of orange peel over the finished job for needed aroma; or lemon will do. You'll like the subtle wedding of the delicate rum with the Falernum flavoring and the bitter herbing of dry vermouth. Use no bitters, this time.

Charles H. Baker Jr., South American Gentleman's Companion, 1951

Review

Rhum Agricole is a tasty addition to this cocktail, but your choice of base rum is what will make this Club special. Charles H. Baker specifies "Cuban Bacardi," and if heading in that direction, use a gold rather than a carta blanca. A light rum with delicate hint of age is the way to go, and Havana Club 3 year old marries particularly well with the vermouth.

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Comments & Discussion

Rob de Santos Premium Member
Simple and actually quite tasty. I used Bitter Truth Falernum instead of my usual Taylor's and I think it blended better with the drink.
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
I loved this cocktail, but you MUST like an angrcole rhum flavour. It will not be for everyone.
I used a Barbados gold and Neisson Rhum Agricole Blanc over proof. I chose a Barbados rum as Barbados does not allow sugar adulteration to its rum. Many Cuban, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Island rums allow added sugar. Unadulterated rum goes better with Agricole.
score: 1
Chris Brislawn
I can't seem to get Clement Rhum Agricole Blanc out here in the provinces nowadays but I did have Rhum J.M Blanc, which is a bit less grassy than Clement, so I upped it to 1/2 oz along with 1.5 oz El Dorado 3-year-old white Demerara rum per F. Yarm's recommendation. This restored Baker's 2 oz of rum, with slightly greater amounts of vermouth (Cocchi) and falernum (J. Taylor). A fascinating, suitably complex but not tiki-grade over-the-top, and harmonious combination of flavors; I never would have thought to combine white Demerara rum, rhum agricole blanc, and dry vermouth in a single drink. Expressed lemon zest seems like the perfect garnish. And it's as crystal-clear as a martini.
score: 1
Dietmar
Correct rum?
Review says Havana Club 3 (light gold rum).
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Whoops! Now fixed. Thanks for pointing out.
score: 0
Frederic Yarm Premium Member
The Charles H. Baker Jr. text instructs to use “finest white rum available” and suggests Havana Club (so white rum, not gold rum. Havana Club is aged and charcoal stripped of color). At Loyal Nine, I used Privateer's white rum gussied up with some Rhum JM Agricole (see either my blog post on CocktailVirgin and/or my article in Punch Drinks). At home when I first made the drink back in 2010, I used El Dorado 3 Year White Rum since it seemed appropriate for the Guyana genesis of the drink (even if they were using Cuban rum when Baker had it, I can't get that here).
score: 2
Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
Simple indeed, and only slightly interesting.
score: 1

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