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Keyser Suze

Name: Keyser Suze
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gentian liqueur; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth; 22.5 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 3 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
3 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE 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 Keyser Suze contains 138 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
14.64% alc./vol. (29.29° proof)
13.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Chris Grotvedt at The Thief, Oslo, Norway. Chris’ original spec call for 45ml Suze, 45ml Carpano dry vermouth and 3 dash orange bitters. The name is a play on words from the character in the movie The Usual Suspects.

Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$32.99 $2.00 per cocktail Suze gentian liqueur image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 128 cocktails
$13.99 $0.11 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$2.11 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

Much better than expected. Used Salers, Noilly Prat Dry, Dolin Blanc, Ango orange bitters. It's sweet, but it's not.

Halfdan Hansen 3y

Tastes nice but find it sweet for my palate - not dry at all - might want to tone down the bianco

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