Name: Spencer Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 20 ml Apricot liqueur; 10 ml Orange juice; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

2/3 fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Spencer Cocktail contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.12% alc./vol. (50.25° proof)
24.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Donovan Hayden 1y

Needs more flavour. Mostly tastes like gin. I'd suggest increasing the brandy and decreasing gin a bit. Or adding syrup

Michael Cronin 2y

Felt like mine needed some simple syrup. Will admit that my orange was not as fresh as I’d like and I used apricot flavored brandy. I’m gonna play with this a bit.

Gillian Williams 2y

Enjoyed this, good balance of orange & apricot

Chris Dimal 3y

Mediocre drink. Not at all inspiring. There's a bit of orange, strong lingering apricot and gin. I also feel that the apricot flavour is muddled in this drink, while prominent.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Very pleasant cocktail and did not have any hint of bitterness. The orange used will dramatically impact this dish, so it important to use good quality or tree-ripened oranges.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

I would not call this a bitter drink. The Plymouth is very upfront and if you wait about 10 to 15 seconds, the Apricot shows up at the back of the palate and lingers.

Robin Alvarez 6y

I found it to be very bitter - didn't take the time to tinker with it.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

I've just remade to check. It's not a brilliant cocktail but I didn't find bitter. Guess a lot depends on orange juice and brand of apricot liqueur. I also used a dash of bitters from a Japanese dasher bottle rather than the perhaps over-generous dash from an Angostura bottle.