Name: Copper Illusion
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur

Copper Illusion
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Italian red bitter liqueur

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Review:

Basically, a Negroni with liqueur replacing sweet vermouth. Like the Italian classic, this is both bitter and sweet.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Negroni

History:

Unknown but brought to my attention in 2005 courtesy of Angus Winchester.

Nutrition:

One serving of Copper Illusion contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.02% alc./vol. (58.03° proof)
26.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Graham Taylor

24th April at 19:55

Subbed out triple sec for the fairly sweet Giffard orange Curacao, to try and bring it back on the dry side

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Nick Bull

26th July 2022 at 19:36

Meh. The substitution of Cointreau for vermouth is interesting, but ultimately this lacks the complexity and depth of a classic Negroni. You'll just feel like you asked for a Negroni and the bartender was having an off day.

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