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Stone Cold Fruit

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Discerning Drinkers (19)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
1⁄4 fl oz Italian red bitter liqueur
1⁄4 fl oz Lucano amaro
1⁄4 fl oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
3⁄4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon 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 Stone Cold Fruit contains 298 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 2 standard drinks
  • 19.47% alc./vol. (38.95° proof)
  • 28.2 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 recipe by Lana Gailani (Seamstress and Holiday Cocktail Lounge), New York City, USA. Cocktail courtesy of gazregan.com.

Review

Tart and dry with zesty orange and lemon. Mouth puckeringly refreshing.

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Comments & Discussion

Justine Fehley Premium Member
So this is basically a White Lady with a bunch of extra stuff. I don't like those, but thought I'd give this a shot. Way to much orange. Doubling the amount of red bitter turned it from mediocre to decent. Reducing the curaçao and using a spicy gin might improve this. I used Red Door Gin, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao, and Inferno Bitter. I'll still give it a 4 because my wife thought it was great.
score: 2
Calvin Grant Premium Member
Lovely cocktail. Just got a bottle of Lucano for the Beelzebub and found this recipe. I used Dry Curacao. Perfectly balanced sour, bitter, and fruity richness.
score: 2
JOHN WUORINEN
Good stuff here.
score: 1
David M. Premium Member
Enough ingredients for it to be a Tiki drink. You would never expect this combination of ingredients to make a drink that tastes so fruity. Well-named!
score: 2
David M. Premium Member
Also, for a drink that’s almost all booze, it’s deceptively light and fruity. “Dangerous!”, my wife says.
score: 2

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$4.86 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

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