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High Horse

Name: High Horse
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Kirschwasser; 15 ml Cherry brandy; 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1/2 fl oz	Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie
1/2 fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of High Horse contains 233 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.7% alc./vol. (53.4° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Shannon Tebay Sidle at Death & Co. in New York City, USA.

Review

Although rum is the main ingredient in this cocktail it plays something of a backseat to the more assertive flavours of cherry eau-de-vie and cherry liqueur. The High Horse is best appreciated as an after-dinner drink/nightcap.

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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Great after dinner or evening sipper. We used Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserve rum. Could taste the rum, but the cherry is the front flavour. Would have again.