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The Bluff

Name: The Bluff
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 20 ml Old Tom gin; 20 ml Calvados apple brandy; 10 ml Gentian liqueur; 10 ml Falernum liqueur

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Serves:

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Ingredients
²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
²⁄₃ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Falernum liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Bluff contains 140 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
25.43% alc./vol. (50.87° proof)
15.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Danny Shapiro at Scofflaw in Chicago, USA. Danny's original recipe, calls for Salers gentian liqueur.

Review

A spirituous bittersweet digestif with notes of each of the four ingredients shining in a harmonious way.

Hayman's Old Tom Gin 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$31.99 $0.86 per cocktail Hayman's Old Tom Gin image

Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$32.99 $0.44 per cocktail Suze gentian liqueur image

Velvet Falernum 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$17.99 $0.24 per cocktail Velvet Falernum image

$1.54 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 37 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Mariusz Twardowski 1y

Brilliant drink. Shapiro made this with Salers, as did I, and I don't think Suze or Aveze would work as well given their significantly more prominent citrus notes. I really wish this site would specify Salers when it is called for by the creator of a drink instead of the generic "Gentian Liqueurs" label.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

I have added a link to the US version of Salers above. Please be aware that not all Salers liqueurs are created equal.

Mariusz Twardowski 1y

Thank you for that edit and thanks for the heads up about the different versions of Salers. Looks like Salers joins Zubrowka, Dubonnet, etc.

Amber Morgan 3y

Try with dry gin instead

Aristoth Dariotis 3y

Amazing drink for the simplicity of the spec!

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