Name: Fibber McGee
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 5 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Fibber McGee
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₆ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Delicately flavoured, bittersweet grapefruit and sweet vermouth fortified with gin.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in David A. Embury's 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

FIBBER McGEE
A Sweet Martini with a dash of Angostura and about 2 teaspoons of grapefruit juice to each drink.
David A. Embury, 1948

Nutrition:

One serving of Fibber McGee contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
21.5% alc./vol. (21.5° proof)
17.3 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

16th January 2024 at 23:43

Had no idea this would taste as distinct and stridently boozy as it did. But I should've guessed... The Ango, and even the grapefruit, are quite discernible. Hmm... I'll have to play with the specs slightly... Stiff brunch drink. (16 Jan 2024, 6:43p)

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