Name: Artichoke Hold
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml OP high ester aged pot still rum; 22.5 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Orgeat syrup

Ingredients

3/4 fl oz

Overproof aged pot still rum (high-ester 4-6 years old)

3/4 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1/2 fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of mint sprigs.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Artichoke Hold contains 193 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.24% alc./vol. (30.49° proof)
15.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

Comments & Discussion

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Robert Spain 35w

Wonderful cocktail. I agree with other drinkers wrt lime being better than lemon. I tried with Smith and Cross and with OFTD. Both are great, but S&C is just amazing.

Martin Linder Nilsson 1y

Lovely drink. Sweet and tart. Made this for a large group of people and everyone enjoyed it. Cynar is a favorite of mine and it really finds its place in this drink. I used a little bit less of the Saint Germain though as I find the perfuminess can get a bit much.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

This one's a five star favorite of mine. Esters + almond + elderflower form a fruity foil to the robust bitter herbal complex. Superb sweet and sour balance. S&C, Cynar 70, St. Germain.

Frederic D. Premium Member 1y

I was not a big fan of this drink. Maybe it was my specific ingredients (my lemon needed using up), but there was an unpleasantly bitter element to the swallow that I did not enjoy - something else than the expected bitterness from the Cynar. I'll have to revisit and update as appropriate. Otherwise, the drink starts off nicely enough, with rum funk and lemon tartness. I didn't really detect the elderflower at all.

Jose Cruz 2y

Used Probitas, all my Overproofs are funk bombs and would otherwise destroy this delicate amazing concoction, Floated 30 ml fresh pineapple juice !

Josh Ryan 3y

After seeing the recommendations for using lime instead of lemon I opted for that version instead.. and it was delicious. Well done.

William Smith 4y

A lovely drink, much greater than the sum of its parts. Flavors of dried fruit, almonds, and a bit of caramel. Aged brown liquor and Cynar have a real affinity for each other.

Garret Brough 4y

Definitely better with lime in my opinion. Still a marvelous cocktail that deserves much more love.

Zach Schwartz 4y

This has quickly become one of my favorite cocktails. It’s just so perfectly balanced, and I can never say no to orgeat! Tonight I discovered that it’s just as good (and dangerously smooth) with an ounce of 100 proof bourbon in place of the overproof rum…