Name: Neon Knight
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Manzanilla sherry; 10 ml Mezcal; 10 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 10 ml Pineapple liqueur; 10 ml Gentian liqueur; 10 ml Bitter bianco liqueur; 10 ml Tonic water

Neon Knight
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar 1920 Alto Coupe 18cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry chilled
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Bols Blue Curaçao
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Giffard Caribbean Pineapple liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Luxardo Bitter Bianco liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water chilled

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

STIR first 6 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
TOP with tonic water.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Sherry-based, with bittersweet gentian, mezcal, pineapple and orange.

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History:

Created in February 2026 by yours truly and inspired by Bols 2026 "Neon Nights" Cocktail Battle, but named after "Neon Knights", a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in June 1980 as the first single from their Heaven and Hell album. The cocktail's colour is similar to the dress of the card-playing smoking angel on the record sleeve.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Neon Knight contains 140 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.2% alc./vol. (30.39° proof)
15.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

30th March at 19:00

Just came here to commend you for the Sabbath reference. Fortunately I don't have all the ingredients to try it.

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Simon Difford

31st March at 12:25

Thanks, Andy. For the benefit of others, I've referenced Black Sabbath above.

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Peter Andersson

27th March at 08:18

One of the wildest drinks I've had. I could not imagine what flavor profile to expect. Tasty for sure, but nothing I'd have more than once. Even with only 10 ml, the mezcal dominates with sherry and pineapple in the background. Not as bitter as the three bitter components might suggest.

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