Curiosity Cocktail Recipe

Curiosity
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Ingredients:
2 oz	Bacardi Reserva Ocho
²⁄₃ oz	Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez
¹⁄₃ oz	Suze gentian liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup (US)
¹⁄₆ oz	Earl Grey tea (cold)

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Garnish: Orange zest twist & cherry

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Reminiscent of an Espresso Martini but with raisiny fruit and distinctive gentiane bitterness. A great after dinner sipper but don't let that stop you enjoying this complex cocktail as an aperitif.

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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."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Curiosity contains 274 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.59% alc./vol. (20.59° proof)
21.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt

14th January at 05:11

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.

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Martin Pryce

20th September 2021 at 21:03

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)

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[deleted user]

20th September 2021 at 21:39

This sounds delicious Martin. You could add it as a new cocktail in Cocktail Builder!

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Sander Pastoor

29th July 2021 at 19:09

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?

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