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Hard Start
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Hard Start
Serve in a Shot glass
| 1⁄2 oz | Fernet Branca liqueur chilled |
| 1⁄2 oz | Brancamenta chilled |
How to make:
POUR ingredients into chilled glass.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Bittersweet, invigorating, and refreshing, it is good served at room temperature but better when the ingredients and glass are chilled.
AKA: Bump Start
History:
Inspired by his earlier Waterfront, the Hard Start was created in 2009 by Damon Boelte when beverage director at Prime Meats in Brooklyn, New York City. This two-ingredients shot originated during a challenging brunch service when the restaurant's general manager, Bill Mann, who was working a hangover, asked Damon for a pick-me-up. After drinking the shot, Bill said it should be named after the method of starting a bike with a dead battery by rolling down a hill, putting it in gear and popping the clutch. (What we Brits call a 'bump start'.) Hence, Damon named his new shot the Hard Start.
Alcohol content:
- 0.7 standard drinks
- 31.36% alc./vol. (31.36° proof)
- 9.4 grams of pure alcohol
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