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H.S.L. Special

Name: H.S.L. Special
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 35 ml Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 15 ml Blackberry liqueur; 25 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Absinthe

Difford’s Guide

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₆ fl oz	Amaro Montenegro
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Libbey Old Fashioned 11oz

Method

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of blackberry dusted with powdered sugar.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of H.S.L. Special contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
9.47% alc./vol. (18.93° proof)
8.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Adapted from a cocktail created by and named after Hayden Scott Lambert at his bar, Bramble and Hugo Special this cocktail featured on the opening menu of Above Board back in November 2016.

More cocktails by Hayden Lambert

Review

A delicately fruity bittersweet sweet 'n' sour aperitivo.

Montenegro Amaro 750ml - makes 21 cocktails
$39.99 $1.90 per cocktail Montenegro Amaro image

Giffard Creme de Mure 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$31.99 $0.64 per cocktail Giffard Creme de Mure image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$14.99 $0.15 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 640 cocktails
$17.99 $0.03 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

$2.72 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 21 cocktails.
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Garcia Bronson 2y

The color of the drink in the photo can be misleading. I got it bright red. In the photo it is closer to brown. The cocktail itself is wonderful.

Brian H 2y

This is really quite good, and my go to for a lower ABV cocktail.

Cynthia Horen 5y

Whoa! Sounds amazing. Considering for a substitute for the Creme de Mure; Cherry Heering is likely too bright...

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