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Fix One's Flint

Name: Fix One's Flint
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Habenero bourbon; 60 ml Aromatized wine; 30 ml Oloroso sherry; 1 dash Orange bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1/2 fl oz	Habenero-infused bourbon whiskey
2 fl oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
1 fl oz	Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño Sherry
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Fix One's Flint contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.66% alc./vol. (33.31° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Oloroso sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

To "fix one's flint" means to settle a matter in Cowboy speak so, appropriately, this is a riff on Sean Frederick's Flintlock cocktail (by yours truly in September 2021).

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

While the name may suggest aggression this aperitivo is gentle, caressing, and only moderately flinted in alcohol.

Lillet Blanc 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$22.99 $1.84 per cocktail Lillet Blanc image

Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$25.99 $1.04 per cocktail Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$2.92 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Thierry Vandevelde 1y

The bourbon presence is subtle and adds depth. Unfortunately, I can't say the same of the habanero part : the bite was lost to me.

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