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Copper Illusion

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

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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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

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

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

History

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

Review

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

Variations/similar cocktails

Negroni

Comments & Discussion

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Graham Taylor 3 months ago

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

Nick Bull 4 years ago

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.

Zach Schwartz 2 years ago

I agree. It sounded good on paper, but I found it to be disappointingly unbalanced.

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