Name: Youth and Treachery
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Blanco tequila; 30 ml Gentian liqueur; 30 ml Dry vermouth

Youth & Treachery
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
1 oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This spirituous bittersweet aperitif is reminiscent of a White Negroni, but based on tequila rather than gin.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Jason Simplot at Rumba, Seattle, USA. Jason's original spec called for equal parts El Tesoro Platinum, Suze and Carpano Bianco.

Jason says, "Essentially a white Rosita, created for a guest who wanted a tequila cocktail on the bitter side. Slightly spicy, kinda sweet and gentian-heavy. I thought I named this after a 'Modern Life Is War' song, one of my favorite punk bands, but upon a little research, they never titled a song with the aforementioned phrase. Which is too bad. It's fitting for not only their casse-toi brand of aggressive punk but also for this slightly aggressive and feisty cocktail."

Nutrition:

One serving of Youth & Treachery contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.47% alc./vol. (20.47° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Frederic D.

25th June at 21:36

This is really good! I agree that proper dilution is key. It helps mellow the Suze enough that it's bitterness doesn't dominate. The tequila comes through nicely, especially on the swallow, and of course lemon peel and Suze are a wonderful combination.

peter wickham

15th June at 18:31

I do like this cocktail. It needs dilution, the more chilled water you get into it the better it loosens/improves. I'm currently going through a regime of trying to train myself to like the taste of Suze/Gentian, so this cocktail is actually part of a process rather than a personal choice. I guess it is a difficult journey to get past that 'yakky' moment you have with Gentian. But I feel I need to make the effort!!

David Kennedy

15th April at 20:06

I used Dolin Blanc Vermouth which didn’t make it as dry a cocktail. I like it!

Thierry Vandevelde

14th December 2024 at 12:24

A White Negroni with tequila (works very well with Suze) but also drier thanks to the vermouth rather than Lillet. I used an extra dry vermouth though which might have given me that impression.

Calvin Grant

6th September 2024 at 04:12

Love Suze, love negronis, this one and the lemon zest works for me! Also check out Jersey's Best Dancers; same proportions but with mezcal and orange zest. Seemed dryer somehow.

Yury Demidov

13th September 2020 at 17:01

Great combination. Yummy and herbaceous alternative to a classic Negroni.

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