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Winter Waltz

Name: Winter Waltz
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 7.5 ml Pimento dram; 2 dash Pimento bitters

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1/2 fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
1/4 fl oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
2 dash	Pimento bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of star anise.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with star anise floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Winter Waltz contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
31.59% alc./vol. (63.18° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2011 by Chris Hannah at Arnaud's French 75 Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. Named in homage to Frank Sinatra's The Christmas Waltz, recorded by Sinatra in 1954 as the B-side to White Christmas.

More cocktails by Chris Hannah

Review

Spirit-forward with baking spice bittersweetness. As the name suggests, a great winter nightcap.

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Comments & Discussion

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Erik Taylor Premium Member 31w

I like it. I didn’t have Averna so I used d’ell et an instead.. I might try swapping the ratio off allspice dram to amaro to have a slightly sweeter more winter spice forward cocktail.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 31w

Nicely sharp. De Groff's bitters can't be purchased where we are so we went with Bokers. For us, this one benefits from a generous cut of Stilton or Roquefort on the side.

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