Orange Witch

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (14 ratings)

Glass:

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Liquore Strega
3 12 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A splash of Strega makes this Gin & Juice somewhat reminiscent of a Harvey Wallbanger.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Orange Witch contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 12.48% alc./vol. (12.48° proof)
  • 22.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
12th October at 03:05
If you like a subtle long drink, go for it. For me it was more orange than witch... To be expected. Following Chris and Matt's suggestions, after tasting added 7.5ml Dry Curaçao. Perhaps the sweetness obscured the Strega. 7.5ml lime juice brightened it up but 5ml campari and an additional 5ml lime juice really brought this home for me. Plus the color was more pumpkin than orange.
Matt’s Avatar Matt
12th October at 02:07
A good, strong tall drink. Strong, black-peppery flavor from the Strega, somewhat tempered by the botanicals of the gin and the sweet OJ. Pretty boozy. In line with Chris Lowe's suggestion (below) I tried adding some Ferrand's Dry Curacao to add orange flavor - that dramatically reduced the peppery Strega notes - if the peppery notes are too much for you try this mod.
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
12th October at 02:49
Greetings Matt. Saw your comments on the home page (in real time) and realized I needed to try this. I love Strega! Thank you.
Chris Lowe’s Avatar Chris Lowe
27th May 2023 at 18:17
Added a splash of Cointreau to increase the orange, lovely