Garnish:
Skewered crystallised ginger
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 2 fl oz | Jamaican aged blended rum with funk |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Ginger liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Pimento dram/Allspice liqueur |
| 2 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
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Review:
This vintage cocktail was recommended to us by Jason E. Clapham who aptly describes it as "a Jamaican daiquiri with Christmas spices."
Variant:
Winter Cocktail cognac-based
History:
The Winter Cocktail appears in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1935 Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book.
WINTER
Albert Stevens Crockett, 1935
Two-thirds glass Jamaica Rum
Juice of one Lime or Lemon
Sugar to taste
Teaspoon of Ginger Brandy and Pimento Liqueur
Two dashes Angostura Bitters
Nutrition:
One serving of Winter contains 209 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 18.28% alc./vol. (36.56° proof)
- 19.8 grams of pure alcohol
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