Brasil

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (68 ratings)
  • Brasil Image

    Brasil

  • Jump to
Brasil image

Photographed in a Classico Margot 25cl Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Cachaça
2⁄3 oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
5⁄6 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of basil sprig.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with basil sprigs bouquet.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

Citrus enlivens this lightly herbal cachaça cocktail.

View readers' comments

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in May 2021 by Will Ballantine, Bar Manager at Wild by Tart in London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Brasil contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 19.04% alc./vol. (19.04° proof)
  • 18.1 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.

Iron Clad Old Fashioned Image
Previous cocktail

Iron Clad Old Fashioned

Bananarama Image
Next cocktail

Bananarama

Join the discussion

Showing 4 comments for Brasil.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment
Charl Engela’s Avatar Charl Engela
2nd August at 15:59
Made exactly as specified. It tastes like nothing so much as ice-cold Lemsip (although I usually fortify Lemsip with a good slug of Scotch). But it's rather nice.
1
reply
Charl Engela’s Avatar Charl Engela
2nd August at 16:11
And making the second one with limoncello instead of lemon juice and sugar changes it completely, but makes it just a nice - and probably much more alcoholic
1
reply
Bryn Maagaard ’s Avatar Bryn Maagaard
24th November 2023 at 17:28
A bit too sweet for me, might increase the citrus to a full shot and leave out the sugar syrup. Otherwise enjoyable and tasted like a herbal caipirinha.
1
reply
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
22nd June 2021 at 03:56
Very nice and refreshing. Reminds me of a complex falvoured Caipirinha.
2
reply
Matthew French’s Avatar Matthew French
9th June 2021 at 23:03
I stumbled across this recipe whilst surfing your site, unfortunately I didn't have lemons but did have limes which seemed more appropriate for a Brazilian cocktail. The green of the limes along with the yellow of the Chartreuse Jaune reminded me of the colours of the Brazilian flag, so I call my twist Ordem e Progresso
3
reply
Cachaca Image

Cachaca

In Brazil, Cachaça is also marketed under the name caninha (‘little cane’) or as ‘aguardente de cana’, which means ‘distillate of cane’ but...
2 to 1 'rich' sugar syrup versus 1 to 1 'simple' syrup Image

2 to 1 'rich' sugar syrup versus 1 to 1 'simple' syrup

The balance between sweet and sour is crucial to the majority of cocktails and consistently producing balanced cocktails is made easier when using sugar...
20 best Rum cocktails Image

20 best Rum cocktails

Rum is the most exciting and diverse spirits category, offering clear, clean, light, delicate rums through to dark, full-bodied, pungent estery rums and...
20 best Blue Curaçao cocktails Image

20 best Blue Curaçao cocktails

Blue curaçao equals BLUE DRINKS, or at least various shades of aquamarine. There are numerous other orange-flavoured liqueurs but blue curaçao stands...
20 best Summer cocktails Image

20 best Summer cocktails

When it comes to cocktails, summer screams "Sex on the Beach", or at least fruit-forward rather than spirit-forward, more refreshing cocktails, but not...
20 best/most rated Martinis Image

20 best/most rated Martinis

There are 1,000s of cocktails with "Martini" in their name on Difford's Guide, and the majority are not actually true Martinis, at least going by the Oxford...
Iron Clad Old Fashioned Image
Previous cocktail

Iron Clad Old Fashioned

Spirituous with apple brandy leading a trio of aromatic cachaça, herbal Bénédictine and bittersweet Ferro China

Bananarama Image
Next cocktail

Bananarama

Funky cachaça with rum and corn liqueur with the all-important banana flavours contributed by fresh overripe banana and banana liqueur

Cachaca Image

Cachaca

In Brazil, Cachaça is also marketed under the name caninha (‘little cane’) or as ‘aguardente de cana’, which means ‘distillate of cane’ but...
2 to 1 'rich' sugar syrup versus 1 to 1 'simple' syrup Image

2 to 1 'rich' sugar syrup versus 1 to 1 'simple' syrup

The balance between sweet and sour is crucial to the majority of cocktails and consistently producing balanced cocktails is made easier when using sugar...
20 best Rum cocktails Image

20 best Rum cocktails

Rum is the most exciting and diverse spirits category, offering clear, clean, light, delicate rums through to dark, full-bodied, pungent estery rums and...
20 best Blue Curaçao cocktails Image

20 best Blue Curaçao cocktails

Blue curaçao equals BLUE DRINKS, or at least various shades of aquamarine. There are numerous other orange-flavoured liqueurs but blue curaçao stands...
20 best Summer cocktails Image

20 best Summer cocktails

When it comes to cocktails, summer screams "Sex on the Beach", or at least fruit-forward rather than spirit-forward, more refreshing cocktails, but not...
20 best/most rated Martinis Image

20 best/most rated Martinis

There are 1,000s of cocktails with "Martini" in their name on Difford's Guide, and the majority are not actually true Martinis, at least going by the Oxford...