Name: Burning Bright
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 1 barspoon Powdered sugar; 50 ml Light white rum; 10 ml Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 10 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

1 barspoon

Powdered sugar (white sugar ground in mortar and pestle)

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Amaro Montenegro

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of coin-sized grapefruit zest twist.

Method

STIR lime and grapefruit juices with sugar in base of shaker until sugar is dissolved.

Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro), Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Drew Taylor 18w

Unless I made this wrong am I the only person who thinks this drink taste like smarties candies in the best way possible

Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

I tried the original version but for my taste it was too heavy on the lime side. After tasting it I switched to 6cl rum, 1,5 cl lime, 2 cl grapefruit, 1,5 barspoon sugar, 2 cl Amaro Nonino and 2 cl Dolin Rouge.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

LOL, I seem to be following John Hinojosos in the comments.
I really like this cocktail.
A light, dry drink with the Montenegro providing a nice depth. Nicely balanced. Amaro shows upfront with a nice grapefruit acidity finish.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

You're in good company is following John!

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Citrusy and delightfully dry. Used a Flor de Cana light rum from Nicaragua which does not have added sugar to the rum. Worked great. Perfect.

jason keane 4y

This was excellent. I only had red G/f juice but who cares. A winner.

Marie-Therese Straus 5y

What a refreshing, interesting drink! The Amaro Montenegro lends this a fascinating, floral character and sweet vermouth gives it a little roundness. I increased the sugar just a bit as I had some very tart grapefruit but, otherwise, I wouldn't change a thing.