Oloroso
Oloroso

Oloroso Sherry Cocktails

Oloroso sherry mixes well with light spirits but is better suited to full-bodied, aged spirits, such as whisk(e)y, brandy, aged rums and añejo tequila. Oloroso pairs well with rich flavours such as caramel, toffee, honey, dried fruits, and spices.
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1920s Artist

Despite its soft salmon pink hue this cocktail is boozy with Irish whiskey and sherry to the fore. Oloroso sherry and dry vermouth balance each other harmoniously
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Alcatraz

Dry and lightly bitter, this tequila-based sipper makes for a great apéritif cocktail.
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Argha Noah

Delicately spiced, honeyed and sherried aged rum.
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Artist's Special Cocktail

Irish whiskey is often matured in oloroso sherry seasoned casks so it's no surprise that whiskey and sherry blend harmoniously in this cocktail, with lemon
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Aston Martin

A riff on a classic Rolls Royce that's good when made with a dry gin but, arguably, is better based on an old tom gin.
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Banana Bliss

Banana liqueur and brandy go shockingly well together, here toned with sherry and bitters.
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Beginning of the End

Burnt orange oils add smoky notes, complexity and balance to this bittersweet drink. A perfect after-dinner cocktail.
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Brandy Club Cocktail

Cognac and zesty orange curacao with sherry. The sugary rim is essential to the balance of this drink.
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Cab Calloway

A sherry-forward, rye whiskey-laced aperitivo with delicate rich apricot.
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Clairvoyant

A hazelnut flavoured variation on the classic Coronation Cocktail
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Dry Martini No. 2

My preferred five-to-one Dry Martini with a split base of gins and a splash of sherry.
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Dutch Artist's Special

Bready genever is aromatised with sherry and kirsch while red currant syrup provides the main flavour with its richness balanced by lemon juice.
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Fog Cutter

Don't be fooled by this seemingly innocuous orange-yellow long, fruity cocktail. It packs a serious punch with sweet almond notes masking its rum, gin
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Gilbey Vintner's Punch

Created in 2015 by Chris Strong, The Luggage Room, London, England.
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Greenbriar

The style of sherry used classically in this Bamboo-style aperitivo is unknown as it is not recorded. We tried fino and amontillado before deciding that
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Jakartian Peardition

A brilliantly creative cocktail that harnesses arrack's funk, intense eau-de-vie fruitiness, vinious sherry and citrus sourness, with rich cinnamon and
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Late Night

This spirit-forward stirred cocktail combines fruity pear, dry oloroso sherry and fortifying cognac.
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Malecon Cocktail

Best described as a fortified wine-rich Daiquiri.
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Parkeroo

Splitting between two styles of sherry (fino and oloroso) builds complexity in this tequila-laced aperitivo. Half a spoon of agave syrup helps balance
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Sargasso

This orange-red bitter sweet drink has a dry oaky complexity.
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Scotch Adonis

Some Scotch whiskies benefit from the influence of maturation in sherry wine-infused casks. However, this cocktail amplifies the fortified wine influence
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Sherry Brandy Old Fashioned

As the name suggests, sherry shines and makes this Brandy Old Fashioned special.
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Sherry Cobbler

This age old cocktail is said to have been the drink for which the waxed paper straw was invented. To quote Harry Johnson, from his 1882 Bartender's Manual,
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Sherry Herbst

Subtle vermouth and falernum sweetness takes the edge off this after-dinner whiskey charged, sipper of a cocktail.
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Sketches of Spain

Best appreciated as a light after-dinner cocktail, perhaps after a properly crispy bottomed paella.
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Thunder In Paradise

Sherry, orgeat and cream of coconut are unlikely bedfellows, but all combine harmoniously with lime juice in this rum-laced Tiki-style cocktail.
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Top Banana

Not the simple sweetie the name might suggest. Made with rum, banana, spice, and all things nice.
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Created in August 2023 by Nicole Salicetti in New York City, USA, this was the winning cocktail of the Galliano Espresso Martini Competition.
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Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa

A bone-dry Manzanilla aged (for an average of five years) under a veil of yeast called flor in the cool, humid, salty air of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a
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Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry

Aged for an average of 4 years under flor at Bodega Las Cruces in Jerez de la Frontera, where the inland climate produces a more rounded and fuller style
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Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry

Aged for an average of eight years with half of the period under flor and half in contact with oxygen, in Bodega Emperatriz Eugenia in Jerez de la Frontera.
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Lustau Palo Cortado Península

A 100% Palomino sherry aged for 12 years in Bodega la Emperatriz Eugenia in Jerez de la Frontera.
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Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño

A dry (not sweetened before bottling) oloroso aged, following oxidative ageing, for 12 years in Bodega La Campana in Jerez de la Frontera.
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Lustau East India Solera Sherry

Each wine in this cream sherry (Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez) is matured separately in its solera for 12 years.
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Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez

Made with Pedro Ximénez grapes that have been sun-dried after picking until raisin-like. Fermentation of these grapes is halted to maintain natural sugars
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