Godmother

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How to make:

1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Review:

Almond-flavoured vodka served over ice. Hard not to like but lacks depth of flavour.

Variant:

Godfather (Scotch whisky and amaretto); Godchild (brandy and amaretto); The Boss (bourbon and amaretto)

History:

This 1970s cocktail is a vodka-based sibling of the better-known Scotch whisky-based Godfather. Both cocktails, along with the similar brandy-based French Connection, appear in Brian F. Rea's 1976 Brian's Booze Guide.

Godmother
Build in an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes
1½ ounces Vodka
1 ounce Amaretto

Brian F. Rea, Brian's Booze Guide, 1976

All three cocktails also appear in Stanley M. Jones' Jones' Complete Barguide, published the following year.

(The) GODMOTHER
Old Fashioned Glass
Build
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Amaretto
Fill with ice

Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Nutrition:

One serving of Godmother contains 203 calories.

Alcohol content:

• 1.5 standard drinks
• 28.35% alc./vol. (56.7° proof)
• 21.3 grams of pure alcohol