Iron Clad Old Fashioned

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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
5⁄6 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1⁄2 oz Cachaça
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1⁄2 oz Ferro China Baliva
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

Spirituous with apple brandy leading a trio of aromatic cachaça, herbal Bénédictine and bittersweet Ferro China.

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History:

Created in October 2020 by yours truly and inspired by Mayur Subbarao's Ironbound.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Iron Clad Old Fashioned contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 28.29% alc./vol. (28.29° proof)
  • 19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Paolo Lucente’s Avatar Paolo Lucente
15th December 2020 at 13:53
Nice added complexity on the Ironbound! Being more widely available, i substituted Ferro China Baliva for Cynar. Lovely quinine bitterness, artichoke has heaps of iron too and, after all, cachaça and Cynar duo bombs big time (Rabo de Galo).
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Hutton Easley’s Avatar Hutton Easley
21st November 2020 at 15:20
Very pleasing cocktail. It works well for people averse to "too herbal". Served with large cube of water and Angostura ice.
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