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Beginning of the End

Name: Beginning of the End
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 swath Orange peel; 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 10 ml Amer Picon; 10 ml Oloroso sherry

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Ingredients
1 swath	Orange peel
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Amer Picon
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño Sherry

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (flamed).

Method

STIR other ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into pre-prepared glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS a flamed orange zest twist into empty chilled glass to line the inside with smoky oils.
EXPRESS flamed lemon zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

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

19.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula), Oloroso sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in 2008 by Paul Mathew at The Hide, London, originally for the Boutique Bar Show "Free Spirit" cocktail competition. Based on the classic Fin de Siècle, but using rum in place of gin. Paul's original recipe called for: 45ml Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva, 15ml Antica Formula, 10ml Amer Picon and Palo Cortado Viejo sherry.

Review

Burnt orange oils add smoky notes, complexity and balance to this bittersweet drink. A perfect after-dinner cocktail.

Don Q Reserva 7 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$32.99 $2.00 per cocktail Don Q Reserva 7 image

Carpano Antica Formula 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$19.99 $0.80 per cocktail Carpano Antica Formula image

Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$25.99 $0.35 per cocktail Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño image

$3.15 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Jeffrey Moore 1y

A killer cocktail! Love it. Used Diplomatico Reserva & subbed Bigallet China-China for the Picon. Phenomenal drink. Velvety, rich, fruit, botanicals, and the orange oils are terrific in it.

Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 1y

A little gem that opens up as it gets a touch warmer in the glass and the empyreuma becomes more present in the after taste. Very clever.

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