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Nightmare Cocktail

Name: Nightmare Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 15 ml Cherry brandy; 25 ml Orange juice; 1 dash Orange bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1910

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Nightmare Cocktail contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
15.02% alc./vol. (30.03° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

Review

Pleasant enough, with hints of cherry. Hardly a nightmare.

Variations/similar cocktails

Wedding Bells

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

Dubonnet Red 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$15.99 $0.64 per cocktail Dubonnet Red image

Cherry Heering Liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail Cherry Heering Liqueur image

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

$2.64 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Jim Cameron 4y

Similar to the Wedding bells cocktail in Charles Schumann’s book, American Bar.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Well spotted. It is indeed similar to Schumann's Wedding Bells Cocktail, which for others is 22.5ml gin, 22.5ml Dubonnet, 7.5ml cherry brandy and 22.5ml orange juice shaken and strained into a coupe.

Stephen Murray 6y

Adding a dash of orange bitter elevates this drink from pleasant to interesting

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Great suggestion. I've tweaked the recipe and also added a dash of bitters.

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