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

Rite of Spring
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

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

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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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.

Nutrition:

One serving of Rite of Spring contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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David Hoyle

14th June 2024 at 17:53

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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