The Ocho Watchman Cocktail Recipe

The Ocho Watchman
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Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Bacardi 8 year old rum
²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
2 dash	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Garnish: Grapefruit zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

A dry aperitivo style cocktail in which the aged rum shines through with Cynar adding bittersweet complexity.

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History:

Created for Bacardí Legacy 2017 by Matthew Boyle at Field Guide & The Clever Barkeep Ltd, Halifax, Canada

This cocktail is a homage to the late Leonard Cohen, who passed away in Canada in 2016. His hit 'First We Take Manhattan' inspired me as this cocktail is a play on the 'Manhattan' & 'El Presidente.'

"In the second stanza of the song, Cohen sings 'and then we take Berlin!' This cocktail showcases Cohen, Canada and the iconic Bacardí Gran Reserva 8 Años rum in its purest form; stirred and spirit forward.
Matthew Boyle, 2017

Nutrition:

One serving of The Ocho Watchman contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.82% alc./vol. (23.82° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Ian Fenton

6th May 2024 at 11:17

For me this is just one of those ones that doesn’t quite work, though I can’t quite point out the fault.

Balanced and bittersweet, but the ingredients just don’t seem to work as a combo. I guess the negroni is not 100% foolproof after all.

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