Haystack Cocktail

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Discerning Drinkers (108 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Dried apricot on rim

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredient with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz Bourbon whiskey
5/6 fl oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
1/2 fl oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1/2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

Zesty, bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, this Haystack will make you salivate – a tasty bittersweet & sour aperitivo. John didn't specify a garnish and although a dried apricot doesn't particularly suit the name, it goes well with the drink (which incidentally we prefer served on-the-rocks).

History:

Created in 2017 by John Barraclough, London, England, who describes his drink as "a yellow version of Sam Ross's Paper Plane" that has "the perfume of a hayfield in late summer."

Nutrition:

One serving of Haystack Cocktail contains 152 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 18.6% alc./vol. (37.2° proof)
  • 15.8 grams of pure alcohol
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