Name: Fosbury Flip
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 22.5 ml Hazelnut liqueur; 60 ml Orange juice; 20 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 1 fresh Egg yolk

Fosbury Flip
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Hazelnut liqueur
2 oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
1 fresh	Egg yolk

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of apricot slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with apricot slice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Hazelnut liqueur - Nuts
Egg yolk - Eggs

Review:

This richly flavoured, velvety cocktail is almost custardy in consistency but with a refreshing hint of lime.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2002 by Salvatore Calabrese at the Library Bar at the Lanesborough Hotel in London, England, for Kirsten Fosbury.

Introduced by the American Dick Fosbury, who won the Gold Medal at the 1968 Olympic Games, the Fosbury Flop is the style of high jump used by almost all successful high jumpers today.

More cocktails by Salvatore Calabrese

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
14.08% alc./vol. (14.08° proof)
26.7 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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james McMakin

13th February at 00:05

Reduced hazelnut to 15ml and it was still all I could taste but I’m not a big fan of hazelnut liqueur so I will try 5ml next time since I’m trying to get rid of my bottle of Frangelico.

Egg McKenzie

6th December 2024 at 22:34

this was fun i had a nice time with it not my usual style but why the fuck not hey you have to live your life.

G. M. Genovese

4th January 2024 at 11:18

Low-quality hazelnut liqueur stood out big for me in this. But, wow, is that the only (easy) thing (to fix) holding this back from hall-of-fame excellence. (4 Jan 2023 6:18a)

George Curtis

25th July 2022 at 17:19

Do you think you could implement fresh apricot into this drink? I've never attempted using fresh stonefruit in cocktails before.

James Cambridge

29th November 2023 at 01:27

Iv used fresh peach in smashes so don't see why not. Might add the egg yoke after the wet shake though.

Simon Difford

26th July 2022 at 06:53

Unless an overripe apricot, perhaps easier to make into apricot puree.

Isaac Kim

18th August 2021 at 09:26

This cocktail deserves more recognition; a fantastic combination of seemingly random elements - could not even find a single video on Youtube! Truly tasty and unique.

Anonymous

19th March 2021 at 22:56

Absolutely delicious

Kennet Powell

14th March 2021 at 14:14

Äcklig

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