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Red Haven

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (39)
Red Haven image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 fl oz Blended Scotch whisky
3⁄4 fl oz Cockburn's Ruby Soho Port
3⁄4 fl oz Cynar or other carciofo amaro
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Red Haven contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 22.8% alc./vol. (45.59° proof)
  • 20.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a drink created by Tommy Cummins and discovered in January 2017 at The Sun Tavern, Bethnal Green, London, England, which called for Nardini Rabarbaro Amaro instead of Cynar.

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Review

Ruby port contributes rich wine notes to this Scotch whisky-based cocktail, with rhubarb amaro contributing complex bittersweet flavours. The Sun Tavern's original spec calls for "oak bitters", but given its "Red" moniker, I opted for Peychaud's Bitters.

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Comments & Discussion

Nicholas Wilson
Is this meant to be served up or with ice?Instructions suggested up, but image is with ice.
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Thanks for bringing to my attention, Nicholas. I've corrected to on the rocks serve.
score: 0
Matt Premium Member
I tried 2 versions - one with Cynar as per the recipe, and one with Sfumato (a rabarbaro amaro). Both had the same result - the amaro leads the nose and initial taste, then yield to the port and scotch briefly, before the bitterness of the amaro rushes back and dominates the finish. Good, but not great.
score: 1
Jong cHui Lee
made it with nardini submix (averna2 : cynar2: fernet1) instead of only cynar cause the comments weren't very positive about it. And i really like it, though the scotch does really die and only leaves a slight malty feel, ruby port and the nardini submix plays very well together.
score: 2
Paul Schiano
All I get is Cynar, no Scotch or Port.
score: 1
Chris English Premium Member
In light of this I went with an LBV (Grants for the scotch)
Cynar certainly came through first but the depth and sweetness of the port meant that it didn't dominate. Whisky gave heft rather than any identifiable flavour.
Good but not great seems like a fair verdict
score: 1
Yu-Kuan Lin
Was ok, the ruby port didn't come through much. Felt masked by the amaro
score: 1

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