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Tailspin

Name: Tailspin
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 40 ml Gin; 20 ml Chartreuse Green; 30 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ fl oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1 fl oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth (chilled)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Bobo Boobette

Prepare

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

Method

RINSE chilled glass with red bitter liqueur, discard excess and set glass to one side.
STIR other ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Tailspin contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
28.12% alc./vol. (56.24° proof)
26.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Created circa 2009 and popularised thanks to its inclusion in the 2014 book Death & Co Modern Classic Cocktails.

TAILSPIN
Campari
1½ ounces Beefeater London Dry Gin
1 ounce Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
1 ounce Green Chartreuse
1 dash House orange bitters
Garnish: 1 lemon twist
Rinse a coupe with Campari and dump. Stir the remaining ingredients over ice, then strain into the coupe. Garnish with the lemon twist.
Death & Co Modern Classic Cocktails, 2014

Review

A Bijou with a red bitter liqueur rinse. Orange bitters might suggest an orange zest twist would better suit this cocktail, but the cleansing, drying influence of lemon oils is essential to its balance and success.

Campari Bitter 375ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$19.99 $0.13 per cocktail Campari Bitter image

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 18.5 cocktails
$33.99 $1.84 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Carpano Antica Formula 375ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$19.99 $1.60 per cocktail Carpano Antica Formula image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$3.61 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 17h

Really superb balance here for us. We used Punt e Mes in place of the Carpano as the latter is sometimes a bit too expressive of vanilla for our taste. And for the red bitter we went with Gran Classico, which we think suits a drink that is presenting itself as rounded and slightly voluptuous. With the somewhat austere ones we reach for the Campari. Sadly Strucchi is not available to us downunder.

Rob San 4d

Really unique, tasty sipper that reminds me of a Last Word. I love the exocticness of Chartreuse & Campari & while I'm sure the Campari affects the unique complexity, the .5 barspoon is not discerable.

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