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Hop Toad No. 1

Name: Hop Toad No. 1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 30 ml Apricot liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Chilled water

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of apricot wedge or dried apricot half.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with apricot wedge or dried apricot half on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Hop Toad No. 1 contains 134 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
15.44% alc./vol. (30.88° proof)
16.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from the Leaping Frog recipe in Tom Bullock's 1917 book The Ideal Bartender.

LEAPING FROG
1 jigger Hungarian Apricot Brandy.
Juice of ½ Lime.
Fill glass with Lump Ice.
Shake well and strain into Stem glass.
Tom Bullock, The Ideal Bartender, 1917

More cocktails by Tom Bullock

Review

Resembles an apricot Daiquiri that's heavy on the lime yet balanced.

AKA: Leaping Frog

Variations/similar cocktails

Made with brandy this is sometimes known as a Bullfrog.

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Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$29.99 $1.20 per cocktail

$1.72 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Alan Wilson 1y

I’ve grown some stout limes with real lime flavor, so my reaction to the recommended formula may be skewed. In my case, the lime overpowered the cocktail, so I upped the apricot by 50%. Perfection!

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