Name: Miracle Worker
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 30 ml Rouge aromatised wine; 2.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Miracle Worker
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 oz	Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
0.08 oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Dry and spiritous but rounded and mellowed by subtle red grape and maraschino cherry fruitiness. Best enjoyed as a late-night sipper.

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History:

A 2020 riff on a Bushranger by Jason E. Clapham, Oxford, England (originally using Flora de Cana rum).

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Nutrition:

One serving of Miracle Worker contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
24.93% alc./vol. (24.93° proof)
23.1 grams of pure alcohol

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virginia wild

14th July 2023 at 18:30

This is the first cocktail (out of scores) on here I've wanted sweeter to balance; we always reduce sweeter ingredients - but agree with others, increase the Maraschino

John Hinojos

16th April 2022 at 03:23

Very flavourful digestive or evening sipper. Does benefit with a bit of time to breathe. Explosion of flavours.

Richard Elgar

22nd February 2022 at 23:46

I made this yesterday (Feb 21) to mark the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto (thinking of workers of the world uniting etc.). I agree that a full barspoon (5ml) of maraschino liqueur works well. Very tasty. Also, if you're interested, a video of me making it: https://youtu.be/XWjMqX81OuY

Simon Difford

23rd February 2022 at 06:43

Thanks Richard. Workers are indeed worthy of drinking toasting. Nice T-shirt!

Efrasiyab Efrasiyab

21st December 2021 at 19:41

Hi Simon, I did it by stirring, rather than shaking. I felt, it needed more maraschino, so I put around 5 ml. Can’t see coming back to this but I enjoyed it.

Simon Difford

22nd December 2021 at 08:20

Thanks for commenting. It should indeed be stirred and I've now corrected "How to make" above. Can never have too much maraschino!

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