Beautiful Beth

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Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
1 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 oz Coconut rum liqueur (35-40% alc./vol.)
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Luxardo Maraschino Cherry on pick

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. TOP with cola.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

We were recommended this cocktail with the comment that it tastes like an alcoholic "cola cube sweet." It does.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Emma Beare's 2007 501 Must Drink Cocktails. [My thanks to David Cripps for bringing this recipe to my attention in December 2020.]

Nutrition:

One serving of Beautiful Beth contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 17.92% alc./vol. (17.92° proof)
  • 21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Jamie Barrington’s Avatar Jamie Barrington
28th February 2023 at 21:07
Perfect sweet drink for brunch
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
6th November 2022 at 20:49
Very nice afternoon or lunch cocktail. We did use our own coconut rum which is not sweet and higher proof than the liqueur. Resulting cocktail was sweet enough to be a sipper, but the flavour of the rum came through.
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