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VAR-Tini

Name: VAR-Tini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml Amontillado sherry; 7.5 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (3)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka (from freezer)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry (chilled)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Verdot Small Martini Glass 12.5cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and skewered olive, perhaps also with a chocolate mini football or other decoration.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered olive and perhaps also a football-related decoration.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of VAR-Tini contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.92% alc./vol. (55.84° proof)
25.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amontillado sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in May 2026 by yours truly for the 2026 World Cup held in North America, hence a splash of American whiskey was an essential ingredient.

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Review

Inspired by football's controversial Video Assistant Referee and, fittingly, made with Vodka, Amontillado sherry and Rye whiskey, this "VAR Martini" is just as divisive. In keeping with its football theme, it contains a total of 90ml of ingredients: one millilitre for each minute of playing time. However, this makes no allowance for stoppage time, even those caused by lengthy VAR interventions.

Ketel One Vodka 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.60 per cocktail Ketel One Vodka image

Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$17.99 $0.55 per cocktail

Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry image

$2.15 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Richard Elgar Premium Member 15w

I'm looking forward to trying this when watching a game or two (supporting England in the US of course). But surely this should be called a VARtini?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 12w

Thanks, Richard. You're not the only one to suggest this. Hence, I've changed the name to what I should have called it in the first place.