Name: West of India
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Cream sherry; 22.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Nonino); 15 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 7.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 1 dash Xocolatl mole bitters

West of India
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1 fl oz	Lustau East India Solera Cream Sherry chilled
³⁄₄ fl oz	Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 dash	Xocolatl mole bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Cream sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This cocktail's original recipe calls for a Demerara rum such as Lemon Hart 80°, and your choice of rum will greatly impact the final cocktail. Choose one with a little funk and a lot of character, and you'll have a great late-night sipper of a cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2009 by Phil Ward at Mayahuel in Manhattan, New York City.

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Nutrition:

One serving of West of India contains 225 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
24.97% alc./vol. (49.93° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Steven Jepson

1st May at 19:27

Picked up a couple of bottles of Old Monk 7yr Blended rum in Shimla India (oak casked and a definite vanilla taste) for a mere £4.50 a bottle coming in at 42.8% and a nice bite to them!
What better drink to make with them than a West of India. A bit sweet so may switch the cream for a dry sherry and make it an even 3/4 for the first 4 ingredients but very tasty and definitely on the return list.

Simon Sedgley

9th February at 13:07

We think that this is what a La Vina becomes when it goes on holiday to, and lets its hair down in, Cancun. We notice that both Alex Day and Phil Ward have worked at Death & Co, so perhaps these two drinks are a sort of conversation between the two.

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