Name: Amsterdamage
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Oude genever; 30 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Oude genever

1 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

1 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE 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 Amsterdamage contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.62% alc./vol. (47.23° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Lee Clarke after he and a few friends visited the Bols Museum in Amsterdam. His recipe, a simple variation on a Vodka Martini with equal parts vodka, dry vermouth and triple sec, became the trip's signature cocktail. Given the Amsterdam connection, we thought it appropriate to try using genever in place of vodka with an added dash of orange bitters.

If being in this book, we're not fame enough, in 2023, the Amsterdamage was made on BBC television's Nigella's Amsterdam Christmas Special.

Comments & Discussion

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Lee Clarke Premium Member 2y

Thanks Simon and Paloma. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. X

Lee Clarke Premium Member 2y

As seen on Nigella Amsterdam Christmas edition 2023!!!!

Paloma Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

🙌 Will be enjoying one this evening in your honour Lee, Merry Christmas! 🙌

Herbert Brant 4y

Very pleased with this combination. The trio of main ingredients plus bitters works beautifully, and makes for a really pleasant cocktail. Added to favourites.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 4y

Such an interesting flavour profile. I rated too quickly; on first sips, (or as they irritatingly ask in restaurants, "how was your first bite") I rated it 4.5, but as I drank it, I so wanted to change my rating to 5+. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to submit a revised rating.