Name: Winter Waltz
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 7.5 ml Pimento dram; 2 dash Pimento bitters

Winter Waltz
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
¹⁄₄ oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
2 dash	Dale DeGroff's Pimento bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of star anise.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with star anise floated on surface.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spirit-forward with baking spice bittersweetness. As the name suggests, a great winter nightcap.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2011 by Chris Hannah at Arnaud's French 75 Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana. Named in homage to Frank Sinatra's The Christmas Waltz, recorded by Sinatra in 1954 as the B-side to White Christmas.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Winter Waltz contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
31.59% alc./vol. (63.18° proof)
26.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

19 hours ago

Nicely sharp. De Groff's bitters can't be purchased where we are so we went with Bokers. For us, this one benefits from a generous cut of Stilton or Roquefort on the side.

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