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Fruity Godchild

Name: Fruity Godchild
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 10 ml Crème de noyau; 10 ml Maraschino liqueur; 10 ml Amaretto liqueur; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (9)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1/3 fl oz	Crème de noyau liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Adriatico Amaretto Liqueur
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Fruity Godchild contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
29.96% alc./vol. (59.93° proof)
22.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in February 2019 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A riff on a Godfather that's spirituous and delicately sweet almond with faint cherry fruit followed by a surprisingly dry finish.

Variations/similar cocktails

Kernel of Truth by Michael Lazar (AKA Mr. Manhattan) and discovered on his Stirred Not Shaken blog. Michael's original recipe calls for 2oz Wild Turkey rye, ½oz homemade crème de noyaux and ¼ maraschino.

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur 375ml - makes 37.5 cocktails
$32.99 $0.88 per cocktail Luxardo Maraschino liqueur image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

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Makes a minimum of 37.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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peter holmes Premium Member 28w

While looking for decent stirred cocktails I discovered this one. Using a decent spanish brandy as a base (At least Fundador!) and starting upwards. First tried Pain D'Epice in with Frangelico in absence of Creme de Noyauy, but settled without the Pain as it was too sweet. Initialy did this martini style as I am not a great fan of too diluted drinks. So far find this nicely nutty and not hideously sweet. As I refine I will report back. Could this cocktail be a platform for other nut based drinks?

Jared Schmeisser 2y

I was looking for Godfather variations and came across this. Note: I didn't have any Creme de Noyau, but I substituted Giffard's Apricott Brandy and it was wonderful. It is very fruit forward and surprisingly has a pretty dry finish.

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