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Hugo Special

Name: Hugo Special
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 slice Orange (fresh); 3 wedge Pineapple (fresh); 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

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Ingredients
1 slice	Orange (fresh) (chopped)
3 wedge	Pineapple (fresh)
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

Garnish: Orange zest twist (discarded) & pineapple wedge on rim

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Method:

MUDDLE orange and pineapple in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

17.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Adapted from Hugo Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed-Drinks 2nd edition.

HUGO SPECIAL
6 slices Orange
3 slices Pineapple
1 Jigger Gin
½ jigger Italian Vermouth
Place slices of orange and pineapple in a mixing glass and muddle well, add cracked ice, Gin and Vermouth, shake well, strain and serve in a stem glass.
Hugo Ensslin, 1917

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Review

Light and delicate with gin-laced orange and pineapple and subtle, rich, herbal vermouth notes.

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Comments & Discussion

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Stephan Stoeckl 3y

Didn't expect much, but this works! If you have a pineapple around, try it.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 5y

Nice drink, but to much work in comparison to the result.

Daryl Smith 5y

Nice drink, would serve well in the tropics.

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