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

High Horse
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ oz	Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie
¹⁄₂ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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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Variant:

High Noon

History:

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

Nutrition:

One serving of High Horse contains 233 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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John Hinojos

29th October 2021 at 03:31

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.

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