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I'm a Baliva

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (1)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Ketel One Vodka
1 fl oz Ferro China Baliva
1/4 fl oz Metaxa 12 Stars
1/4 fl oz Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
1/2 fl oz Tomato juice (chilled)
1/6 fl oz Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened) (chilled)
8 drop Ginseng liqueur

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

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

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of I'm a Baliva contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 17.58% alc./vol. (35.16° proof)
  • 18 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.

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History

Created in October 2025 by yours truly and named thanks to a comment by fellow Discerning Drinker Andy Pernell-Hopkinson on our Apothecary cocktail, also made with Ferro China Baliva.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Savoury and delicately bitter with cleansing acidity. A cocktail to challenge conventions.

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Comments & Discussion

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
Definitely a trace of doubt in my mind about this one. An eyebrow was raised at tomato juice, eyes rolled at ginseng liqueur.
score: 1

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Difford’s Shop logo
$0.80 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.

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