Curiosity Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients
2 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Earl Grey tea (cold)

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years

²⁄₃ fl oz

Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Monin Vanilla Syrup

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Earl Grey tea (cold)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Curiosity contains 248 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
20.59% alc./vol. (41.18° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created for Bacardí Legacy 2017 by Kenny Klein at Maniac Bar, Bad Ischl, Austria

Kenny makes his own vanilla syrup as follows: "Heat 1 part water and add ½ part brown sugar, ½ part white sugar and 2 vanilla pods. Add a pinch of sea salt and slowly cook for 10 minutes, then chill."

Kenny say's, "Through my research into the Bacardí family I discovered that the world-renowned inventor Don Facundo Bacardí and passionate bartenders around the world all have something in common: the curiosity to create something epic and to achieve their own legacy. My drink is inspired by my past Bacardí Legacy compositions and driven by my never-ending curiosity for bartending."

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 7w

Very pleasant. But we found ourselves asking: "Where's the cream and nutmeg dusting as a garnish?" We had no cream to hand so that's an experiment for another day.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 7w

Appleton 12, 3:1 amontillado to demerara syrup, Suze, rich cane simple with 5 drops Bob's vanilla bitters... not the prescribed ingredients, not ideal, but still pretty darn enjoyable. The recipe has some wiggle room.

Matt Premium Member 1y

Interesting - definitely worth a try. The vanilla syrup (I used a prepkgd syrup, not homemade) was too strong, and tilted the drink into the too sweet and too vanilla area. However, the PX dried fruit is apparent on the rum backbone, and the Suze earthiness is there on the edges as well. The small amount of earl grey tea is lost though. I may try again, with less (or a lower sweetness) vanilla syrup.

Martin Pryce 4y

I had to make a few subs and added an extra ingredient but this created a delicious and far too easy to drink riff. The complex combinations of flavours is reminiscent of a very grown up coca cola! Specs I used:
60 ml Havana 7
20 ml PX sherry
10 ml Aperol
10 ml Vanilla Syrup
5 ml Earl Grey
5 ml Italicus (boost bergamot notes which I like)

Sander Pastoor 5y

I really like this cocktail, but with all the big flavours I can't really taste wether I do or don't add the 5ml cold Earl Grey. I suppose it's just my unrefined palate?