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Boozy
Fail-Safe
Measurements in:
Serves:
| 3⁄4 fl oz | Hayman's Navy Strength Royal Dock Gin |
| 3⁄4 fl oz | Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo |
| 2 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
How to make
Glass
Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl
Prepare
- Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
Method
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish
- EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Flavour Profile
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Health & Nutrition
Nutrition:
One serving of Fail-Safe contains 205 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 27.7% alc./vol. (55.4° proof)
- 21 grams of pure alcohol
History
Adapted from a recipe created in 2013 by Scott Teague at Death & Co. in Manhattan, New York City, and featured in the 2014 Death & Co. Modern Classic Cocktails book.
FAIL-SAFE
Death & Co. Modern Classic Cocktails, 2014
Scot Teague, 2013
Some drinks are just happy accidents. One night I saw several bottles sitting next to each other behind the bar, and I thought, Why not? I started playing around with them in Negroni proportions, and it worked.–ST
¾ ounce Perry's Tot Navy-strength Gin
¾ ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin
¾ ounce Aperol
½ ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Stir all the ingredients over ice, then strain into double rocks glass over 1 large ice cube. No garnish.
Review
There are delicate and pleasing floral notes to this complex, well-balanced riff on a Negroni.
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Makes a minimum of 33 cocktails.
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