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Iron & Sand Cocktail
This dark bittersweet aperitivo also works well when served on-the-rocks in an old-fashioned glass. A riff on the classic Blood & Sand, made distinctive...
Ian Fenton
11th October 2023 at 08:29
I have to try this later (I ran out of oranges), but I ended up here because I had a different idea - Blood & Iron, with the Ferro-China in place of the vermouth. I’d love to know if anyone has tried making it.
15th October 2023 at 10:43
For the benefit of anyone following in my footsteps, I tried the Iron & Sand as above, and an equal parts of Scotch:Baliva:Luxardo Sangue Morlacco:Orange Juice (and tried it again with blood orange juice).
Maybe it’s the vermouth (a friend convinced me to try Cinzano; I normally use Martini and prefer it to Cinzano), but I felt the Iron & Sand lacked depth of flavour in comparison. The Blood & Iron is up there with the original, although maybe a tiny bit on the sweet side and could do with an extra bit of Scotch (and maybe 10mL of peated).
My favourite remains the Cynar substitution (for vermouth) on the Bloody Blood and Sand.
Maybe it’s the vermouth (a friend convinced me to try Cinzano; I normally use Martini and prefer it to Cinzano), but I felt the Iron & Sand lacked depth of flavour in comparison. The Blood & Iron is up there with the original, although maybe a tiny bit on the sweet side and could do with an extra bit of Scotch (and maybe 10mL of peated).
My favourite remains the Cynar substitution (for vermouth) on the Bloody Blood and Sand.