Final Countdown

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Bourbon whiskey
1⁄2 oz Heering Cherry Liqueur
1⁄3 oz Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
1⁄6 oz Fernet Branca liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Bourbon-soaked cherry.

How to make:

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

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History:

Created by Mitchell 'Kai' Lum from Vertigo TOO, Bangkok, Thailand for the 2016 Cherry Heering Classic Challenge.

Nutrition:

One serving of Final Countdown contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 26.44% alc./vol. (26.44° proof)
  • 15.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Ben Littlechilds’ Avatar Ben Littlechilds
6th January 2024 at 00:45
Great drink. I would lower the Herring a bit to lower the sweetness, bump up the fernet a hint to add the funk, and maybe another 0.25 of bourbon.
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