Name: Haiti Cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Ferro China; 20 ml Dry vermouth; 10 ml Rubino/Rosso/Rojo vermouth; 5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 5 ml Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.); 3 drop Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

2/3 fl oz

Ferro China Baliva

2/3 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1/3 fl oz

Rubino/Rosso/Rojo (sweet, fruity) vermouth

1/6 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1/6 fl oz

Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.)

3 drop

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Haiti Cocktail contains 111 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
16.65% alc./vol. (33.3° proof)
10.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Rubino/Rosso/Rojo (sweet, fruity) vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Elveio Grassi's 1936 book Mille Misture.

Haiti Cocktail (Serie Grassi).
Agitare nel shaker con ghiaccio:
20% Vermouth Torino
10% Bitter Campari
30% Ferro China Bisleri
10% Rhum Demerara
30% Vermouth secco
2 spruzzi Angostura.
Servite con buccia Limone.

Elveio Grassi, Mille Misture, 1936

Comments & Discussion

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Caspian Berggren Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 5 months ago

I made this according to Grassi's original recipe and first accidentally forgot the Campari. Without the Campari I was really impressed by it as a night cap. It tasted a bit like a grown up cola without carbonation, which the lemon peel certainly helped to elevate. With Campari I felt the Ferro China kind of took the upper hand which it hadn't before. Next time I'll make it according to Grassi but without the Campari.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 2 years ago

Why would you shake this?

Caspian Berggren Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 5 months ago

I felt shaking it helped to make it feel lighter. Haven't tried them side-by-side but I can imagine it would be a bit heavy if stirred.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 5 months ago

Thanks for the hypothesis. Trained as scientists, we couldn't resist testing it. And yes, side by side, for us, the shaken version is lighter and 'airier'; the stirred version being a bit more solemn (we wouldn't say "heavy" since it's only 1.1 standard drinks) and perhaps more flavoursome. So perhaps there are two cocktails here: 'Haiti breeze' and 'Haiti night'. Cheers.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 2 years ago

We have few of the ingredients for this cocktail. Undeterred, we substituted Barolo Chinato Cocchi for the Baliva, Noilly Prat as the dry vermouth, Carpano Antica for the Rubino and Campari for the Strucchi. We loved it.