Name: Fort Lauderdale (by Sam Ross)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 15 ml Orgeat syrup; 20 ml Lemon juice

Fort Lauderdale (by Sam Ross)
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist or dehydrated lemon wheel.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with a lemon zest twist or dehydrated lemon wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Apricot liquor and rich almond syrup balanced tart lemon and bitter aperitivo in what's described as a "mash-up of the Third Man and the Bitter Mai-Tai but in coupe form."

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Variant:

Fort Lauderdale
Almonds In Alameda

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2018 by Sam Ross at Attaboy in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Fort Lauderdale (by Sam Ross) contains 207 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.32% alc./vol. (17.32° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Ben S

7th December 2024 at 23:23

My first thought upon sipping, "this is like pink lemonade for adults." Really terrifically balanced sipper.

Calvin Grant

7th April 2024 at 02:44

Great combination of flavors in balance; fruity bitter sweet and sour; and rich. Must try again with a splash or two of soda and maybe some ice.

Avery Garnett

9th January 2024 at 19:39

What an incredibly strange and yet incredibly delicious drink.

Avery Garnett

12th November 2024 at 19:54

Coming back a year later: still incredibly strange. Still incredibly delicious. Sam Ross never misses.

Chris Dimal

28th January 2023 at 17:22

What an aperitivo. Truly stunning drink with almond richness, apricot fruitiness and sweetness, rounded off by a slight, but appealing bitterness from the Campari. Sam Ross is an absolute legend. I'd rate it 5 stars, personally. Besides stuff like the Jungle Bird, I'd give this to someone who says they hate Campari.

Nicola Adams

28th December 2021 at 15:36

I love Campari in anything, I’m very to a Mai tai and everything invented by Sam Ross is to die for, so I was pretty excited to give this a go…. The first few sips definitely had promise, but about half way through, when I was trying to nail some of Fort Lauderdale’s elusive flavours, the word “soap” popped into my head and it was an effort to drink the rest of it - I think apricot liqueur (mine has a very distinctive bitter almond aroma) AND orgeat makes for a very marziapan aka soapy taste

Matthew French

11th May 2021 at 20:42

A deliciously complex interplay of flavours

letti pearce

25th February 2021 at 17:54

As a lover of Mai Tais and more bitter cocktails like Negroni this is a ideal mix. Made with amaretto rather than Orgeat. All the lovely almond of mai tai with a bitter note.

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