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Rite of Spring

Name: Rite of Spring
Total time: 1 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Old Tom gin; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Americano bianco; 15 ml Rhubarb bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Americano bianco
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Fee Brothers Rhubarb bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rite of Spring contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.68% alc./vol. (43.36° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created by Todd Crummy, a freelance bartender in Chicago, USA, who says this drink is “Named after Igor Stravinsky's seminal work Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring).

Todd's original recipe calls for: 1½ old tom gin, ½ Suze, ½ Cocchi Americano, ¼ Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters and ¼ Brooklyn Hemispherical Rhubarb Bitters.

Review

A riff on a White Negroni, originally incorporating a generous dosing of two types of rhubarb bitters. (Also works well with 15ml / 1oz Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters). Obviously, with such generous used of bitters, this is a dry bitter aperitivo style cocktail.

Hayman's Old Tom Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$31.99 $1.94 per cocktail Hayman's Old Tom Gin image

Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$32.99 $0.66 per cocktail Suze gentian liqueur image

Cocchi Americano Bianco 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$24.99 $0.50 per cocktail Cocchi Americano Bianco image

Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters 150ml - makes 10 cocktails
$10.49 $1.05 per cocktail Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters image

$4.15 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 10 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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David Hoyle 2y

I halved the measure of Suze (Gentian) as this can easily dominate other flavours.... Used Plymouth Gin. All in all, a cocktail with a unique flavour, the dry Gentian tempered by the fruity Rhubarb Bitters - 15 ml being the most of any bitters I have deployed in a cocktail. On a second mux, I topped with sparkling mineral water. Refreshing and a bit different. Oh, it has a kick, too!

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