Swiss Account

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Photographed in an UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Ketel One Vodka
12 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
13 oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash Bob's Grapefruit Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A vodka charged bittersweet aperitif with herbal notes laced with grainy vodka.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Griffin Cox at Lot Six, Halifax, Canada.

Griffin says, "Hailed as a venerable French bitter, the story of Suze veritably began to the west in Switzerland before it was brought across the border by Fernand Moureaux in 1885. The Swiss Account pays homage to that beginning and shows how Suze finds its home alongside other French spirits just as it found its home in French palates over a century ago."

Griffin's original recipe calls for 45ml Grey Goose Vodka, 15ml Suze, 5ml Bénédictine and 2 dash Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit Bitters.

Nutrition:

One serving of Swiss Account contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 28.08% alc./vol. (28.08° proof)
  • 19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
30th April 2022 at 11:55
Found it rather sweet so tried gin instead of vodka. Not a great improvement. Might try chucking in some lemon juice at the risk of making a completely different drink.