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Colonel's Big Opu

Name: Colonel's Big Opu
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Triple sec; 15 ml Lime juice; Top up with Brut sparkling wine; 1 dash Orange bitters

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
Top up with	Brut champagne/sparkling wine
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

Garnish: Orange slice & cherry on stick (sail)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with champagne and serve with straws.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Colonel's Big Opu contains 137 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
23.87% alc./vol. (47.74° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe by Victor J. Bergeron's and taken from his Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (1972 revised edition), where he writes "This is one of our old drinks. The colonel's big opu: the colonel's big belly."

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Review

A long, fruity yet dry drink charged with champagne.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$33.99 $1.36 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$21.99 $1.76 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$3.16 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

Wonderful cocktail. Like a Tom Collins with Champaign. Great in the afternoon or on a hot day.

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