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Alcazer

Name: Alcazer
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Fernet liqueur; 15 ml Orange juice

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Speakeasy Nick & Nora 4.75oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Alcazer contains 125 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
27.91% alc./vol. (55.82° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars 1903-1933 by Charles Christopher Mueller.

ALCAZER
1/2 Rye
1/4 Cointreau
1/4 Fernet Branca
Glass No. 1 Stir.
In Glass 1 Pear Onion.
Charles Christopher Mueller, Charles Christopher Mueller, 1903-1933

I was introduced to this cocktail in 2018 by Daryl Lieuw-On at Concrete Shakers in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Daryl's spec. adhered to that in Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars.

Review

Even with the fruity dilution of the orange juice I've added to this recipe, it remains punchy with even half the original amount of Fernet dominant. (Fernet fanciers should use 15ml (½oz).

Variations/similar cocktails

Hanky Panky

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$21.99 $0.88 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Fernet Branca 375ml - makes 50 cocktails
$19.99 $0.40 per cocktail Fernet Branca image

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Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Bee Spanis 21w

Really like this. Super simple, very balanced. I added a few drops of bitters with my second try. I think this would be really nice spritzed in the summer!

Frederic Yarm Premium Member 2y

Original (without orange juice) was one I found in Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars: 1903-1933:
https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2011/08/alcazer.html

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Many thanks, Fred. I've amended the above and added Pioneers of Mixing recipe.

Herbert Brant 3y

Question: is the name of the drink "Alcazer" or "Alcázar", referring to a Spanish-Moorish castle? The spicey-orange flavors remind me of a castle in Valencia, where the magnificent oranges grow.
Quick review: excellent cocktail. There's a fire (the Fernet botanicals) hidden underneath the orange, and it makes for a fascinating drink. Buenísimo.