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Grassoide Ferro Cocktail

Name: Grassoide Ferro Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Gin; 30 ml Ferro China; 40 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 3 drop Aromatic bitters

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Ingredients
²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Ferro China Baliva
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
3 drop	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

SHAKE 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 Grassoide Ferro Cocktail contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.12% alc./vol. (34.24° proof)
16.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Elveio Grassi's 1936 book Mille Misture, the name translates from Italian to mean Fat Iron Cocktail.

Grassoide Ferro Cocktail
(Serie Grassi).
Agitare nel shaker con ghiaccio:
50% Vermouth Cinzano
20% Dry gin
30% Ferro China Bisleri
2 spruzzi Angostura.
Servite con buccia limone.
Elvezio Grassi, 1936

Review

This simple but brilliantly complex aperitivo-cum-digestivo cocktail dates from the 1930s when it and most other cocktails were shaken. Don't allow the modern bartending convention to stir such a cocktail to detract from its sublimeness.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$33.99 $0.92 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 999+ cocktails
$13.99 $0.01 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$0.93 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 37 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 47w

Tremendous. Complex, bold, highlights the Ferro China. Note, if Simon says shake, shake!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I, too, was first confused by the "3 drops Angostura" but it's correct. Follow the recipe and you'll get a wonderful cocktail that really highlights the Baliva. It's not overpowering but balanced, and the bitters add *just* the amount of spice to bring it all together.

Mark Shah 4y

Is it 3 drops or 3 dashes of bitters?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

As stipulated, 3 drops. You can go to 1 dash if using a DartDash or similar but more than a restrained dash will dominate and ruin what is a delicious digestivo.

Stephan Gröhn 5y

Wonderful fruity and also light. I did make it with Plymouth and white vermouth by Berto.

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