Name: The Comeback
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 5 ml Fernet liqueur; 7.5 ml Maple shrub

The Comeback
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Photographed in a Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Maple shrub (1:1.2 cider vinegar to maple syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Review:

A complex cocktail with apricot fruit at the forefront and underlying fernet bitterness.

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History:

Created in 2015 by Constanca Cordeiro at Peg + Patriot, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Comeback contains 135 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
26.19% alc./vol. (26.19° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

16th May 2024 at 03:26

Perfect after dinner or evening cocktail. Did not taste the maple shrub much, but felt it calmed the flavours coming from the Fernet and sweetness from the Apricot.
Into my 4th year of serious cocktail making, I would agree that you must use good ingredients even for those cocktails with many tastes.
Not saying to use the top shelf, but a good middle liquor. The better you can afford the more reward you will have.

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G. M. Genovese

25th June 2022 at 16:24

Interesting blend of flavors. The shrub hits hardest at first, but the Fernet does somehow poke through. By the second sip, the Cognac (used lousy Godet) and apricot have emerged. Much here to spark one's interest and imagination... Incidentally, I love drinks which feature ingredients I'm trying to purge (running low) and the first 3 fit that bill. Great find! (25 Jun 2022, 12:24p)

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Mark Shah

8th June 2022 at 21:47

I gave this a 5 with 1738 cognac. I gave it 3.5 with some other cognac which I don't remember. Cognac based drinks to me are those that are most dependent on which exact base spirit you use to determine whether or not it will be a nice cocktail or a terrible cocktail!

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