Name: Palo Negro
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Palo cortado sherry; 10 ml Dark/black rum; 5 ml Grand Marnier; 2.5 ml Brown sugar syrup

Palo Negro
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Photographed in an UB Nick and Nora Gold 6oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
³⁄₄ oz	Lustau Palo Cortado Península Sherry
¹⁄₃ oz	Dark/black/blackstrap rum
¹⁄₆ oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
0.08 oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of coin-sized orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and float as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Palo cortado sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Tequila, rum, sherry and orange liqueur combine harmoniously in this complex spirit-led, after-dinner/late-night sipper.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Ivy Mix at Leyenda in Brooklyn, New York City. Incidentally, Palo Negro translates from Spanish as 'black stick'.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Palo Negro contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.19% alc./vol. (26.19° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Michael Click

22nd March at 00:03

I made mine with El Tesoro Reposado, Lustau Peninsula Palo Cortado, Cruzan Black Strap, and Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao. I thought the sherry was too strong at the first sip but gave it a few minutes and I started to taste other things. After that, I was getting a much better balance of flavors when drinking the rest of the cocktail. I guess I just needed to acclimate but it's a very delicious drink! It has lots of complexity to it and I'd be happy to make it again in the future.

Morten Carlsbaek

4th June 2023 at 22:18

Very tasty way of enjoying tequila. I used 12,5 ml Hampden Jaimacan 8 yr rum and 20 ml Pedro Ximenez sherry (very plum-sweet sherry - thus skipped the brown sugar sirup). Rest as in recipe. The balance was quite right.

John Hinojos

20th May 2022 at 00:15

Everything here does blend together well. The sherry seems to predominate the flavours, but the others help tame it a bit. Not being a big sherry drinker this is a very good cocktail. I would say you need to like a strong sherry flavour to enjoy this one.

John Hinojos

20th May 2022 at 00:55

So I had some things to do and had to let the second half of my cocktail sit. The stronger flavour of the sherry does mild as the cocktail sits allowing the other flavours to shine.

Dee Stump

25th November 2021 at 02:16

Lustau Palo Cortado and Camarena Reposado came together to give an unpleasant raw green vegetable flavor. I’ll assume the two were just a bad combo. The drink weaved in and out of a deep funky cognac orange character and pungent raw vegetable. Very interesting but not preferred.

K&J in Calgary

4th August 2020 at 04:26

Sherry and tequila go so well together. Hints of sweetness from the rum, demerera, and brandy extend and fill out the flavour profile. Sophisticated and tremendously pleasant.

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