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Sherry Caipirinha

Difford’s Guide

Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Tiki Highball Glass 30cl

Ingredients:
12 fresh Lime (fresh) chopped
3 barspoon Powdered sugar (white sugar ground in mortar and pestle)
2 12 fl oz Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry chilled
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of stirrer (spoon, wooden lolly stick or stick cut from sugar cane).

How to make:

  1. Cut a ripe lime in half (from pole to pole) and remove the core from each half by cutting a V-shaped groove. (You'll need one-half of the lime per cocktail.) CHOP into wedges and each wedge chopped in half before dropping the resulting 6 or 8 lime chunks into the base of shaker.
  2. Cut a ripe lime in half (from pole to pole) and remove the core from each half by cutting a V-shaped groove. (You'll need one-half of the lime per cocktail.) CHOP into wedges and each wedge chopped in half before dropping the resulting 6 or 8 lime chunks into the base of shaker.
  3. Add 3 bar spoons powdered sugar [or 15ml (½oz) sugar syrup 2:1] and MUDDLE.
  4. When sure the lime's juice is fully extracted and the sugar dissolved, ADD the sherry.
  5. POUR the muddled fruit, sugar and sherry into serving glass (preferably a 30cl / 10oz highball glass).
  6. FILL glass with small cubes or cracked ice. (If using large ice cubes, crack (rather than crush) four to five large ice cubes using an ICE TAPPER and drop into serving glass.)
  7. STIR before topping with more ice.

Garnish:

  1. Serve with a stirrer (spoon, wooden lolly stick or stick cut from sugar cane) but no straws.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 3/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

Fino sherry makes a brilliant Caipirinha, which, while lower in alcohol and calories than a cachaça-based Caipirinha, is equally tasty and refreshing.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in summer 2026 by Steven Dragun, the US ambassador for Bodegas Lustau.

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

  • 8.9 grams of pure alcohol

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