Name: Suze you, Sir
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 2.5 ml Agave syrup; 1 dash Grapefruit bitters

Suze you, Sir
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
0.08 oz	Agave syrup
1 dash	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

We do like a pun and appropriately the original recipe for this cocktail specifies Suze gentian liqueur. The flavour of gentian combines brilliantly with tequila while dry vermouth adds herbal complexity.

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History:

Created Rufus Grantham at Demon, Wise & Partners, London, England. Rufus' original recipe called for 2 Ocho blanco tequila, ½ Dolin dry vermouth, ½ Suze and 4 drops Bittermens hopped grapefruit bitters. The agave syrup was our own addition.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Suze you, Sir contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.28% alc./vol. (25.28° proof)
23.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Stephen Broughall

14th February at 00:03

Great tequila drink, but Suze is powerful so may want dial it down slightly. Nice alternative to a margarita.

G. M. Genovese

22nd January at 17:18

While I feel like I would agree with Frederic's review below, I did not have quite the satisfying experience I'd hoped. I think the x-factor is the Salers I used. I could imagine Suze (not currently in my stock) being the thing that ties this together. The Salers is just causing confusion.

Frederic D.

23rd January 2024 at 00:11

The addition of the agave spirit was very inspired indeed. I tried the original version first (easier to add agave than to remove it...) and was rather underwhelmed. The added sweetness, however, helped the ingredients to merge harmoniously, and brought out the herbal tones of both the tequila and the vermouth.

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