Flipping Good

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (34 ratings)

Serve in a Sour or Martini/Coupette glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1 oz Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 fresh Egg yolk
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
Cocktail of the day:

13th November 2025 is World Kindness Day

Review:

Simply an aged rum flip with falernum replacing sugar syrup and egg white omitted.

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History:

Created in December 2008 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Alex Spyrou’s Avatar Alex Spyrou
13th September at 18:51
This was delicious post dinner and great use of a leftover yolk when the egg white was used previously!