Name: Hunter's Verdict
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Amaro; 7.5 ml Ginger liqueur; 1 dash Orange bitters; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Hunter's Verdict
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ oz	Amaro Montenegro
¹⁄₄ oz	Ginger liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare orange slice for garnish.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish with orange slice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Brilliantly balanced and composed, this is a rum-forward boozy digestive with herbal complexity and enlivening ginger to contemplate a great meal and a good yarn relayed by a fellow diner.

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History:

Adapted from a 2020 recipe by Jason E. Clapham, Oxford, England, which specifies 60ml Plantation Xaymaca Jamaican rum, 22.5ml Amaro Montenegro and 7.5ml King's Ginger.

Jason explains, "Hunter's Verdict, where big Jamaican flavours are melded with King's Ginger and Amaro Montenegro (incidentally, the name refers to Dr John Hunter, who declared Jamaica rum safe to drink in 1788 – the lead pipes were to blame! - and henceforth Jamaican rum would feature prominently in Navy rations)."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Hunter's Verdict contains 253 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.98% alc./vol. (26.98° proof)
24.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Robert Holen

17th December 2024 at 20:46

This one's great! It isn't often you discover so good cocktails that's so unlike any others.

Caspian Berggren

11th December 2024 at 01:37

This cocktail is lovely as long as you pick a good rum. You need a Jamaican rum that is funky but not *too* funky. If needs to stand up to the ginger and amaro, without overtaking them. Appleton 8 is a good rekommendation, and if you don't have that then use 2cl of Smith&Cross and something non-funky but aged rum.

Mark Messingham

23rd November 2024 at 21:52

Very enjoyable! Substituted King’s Ginger for Crabbies Ginger Liqueur as the newer version of King’s Ginger is a bit lemon heavy.

G. M. Genovese

29th February 2024 at 21:28

Due to my current state of stock, I had to revert to using more fringe ingredients... El Dorado 8 and Barrow's ginger might be a fine base combo... but the amaro sub of 2:1 Cardamaro to Amaro Sfumato? Not bad, but too intense... All in all, nice drink.

Mary Bellamy

3rd May 2023 at 00:13

I'm a big fan of montenegro amaro and ginger, but something was off in this one. Very spirit forward and had almost a cough medicine flavor. It did mellow out quite a bit as it chilled, but I think it was still a miss for me.

Frederic D.

27th June 2022 at 21:42

This was lovely. Well balanced, the amaro's herbaceousnss was lightly accented on the finish, while the rum shone nicely through. Recommended.

Dan Munz

12th June 2022 at 22:04

This was really nice. I added 1/4oz maple syrup to sweeten it up a bit which played nicely with the bitterness of the amaro.

Kelley Reece

30th April 2022 at 06:18

Delicious! The Amaro gives it a nice texture and goes down smooth. This recipe is also great when you swap out the rum for bourbon. Highly recommended either way

Alex Morton

28th April 2022 at 21:36

This was delicious. Went particularly well with a hot cross bun on the side

John Hinojos

23rd December 2021 at 04:01

Being a big rum drinker, this is outstanding. The rum is in front with the ginger and amaro adding wonderful herbal notes. Perfect after a rich dinner. Would definitely have this drink again.

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