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Chris Garner

Chris Garner

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Caperitif
4 Comments
Mario Bruno

Thank you very much. It's cristal clear, I'll buy a bottle. Cheers

Chris Garner

It’s more in line with Cocchi Americano across and Byrrh and maybe the European version of Dubonnet. The US version I have just taste like port and I’ve never had the European version of Dubonnet.

Williams
5 Comments
Jeremy Harrold

Old school cocktail i.e. packs a punch. After a long day it’s a drink to settle down with.
I have the book (not the original!) and it’s full of dash of this and dash of that, though the preface explains a dash is one eighth of an ounce.

Chris Garner

The old manuals loved to call for dashes and drops of things cause glasses were really small, like 2-3oz (60-90ml).

Simon Difford

Your Taste Profile is automatically calculated from that displayed on the cocktails you favourite. You can’t edit this (perhaps something worth us enabling?), but you can stop it from displaying. To do this:
1. Click on your name at the top of the screen to open Your Menu.
2. Click Edit Profile.
3. Click “edit” for My Taste Profile.
4. Uncheck “Show My Taste Profile”.
Done!

Chris Garner

It’s saying I like really boozy drinks and I’d like to try to lower it.

Six Cylinder
10 Comments
Simon Difford

Many thanks, Chris. I've added this, and all I can find on the history to what I already had. Hopefully, a French speaker will have more luck than me searching online archives of 1928 Parian newspapers.

Chris Garner

You are so right to use navy strength gin for it. The gin comes through.

Chris Garner

I found this at a small liquor store near me and wanted to give it a try. To me, it taste like Port with a hint of bitterness. I haven’t been a fan of it. It’s same thing with Byrrh. When I compare both Dubonnet and Byrrh to Cocchi American Rosa, Cocchi wins. Brryh and Dubonnet to me are just replacements for Ruby port.

Black Hawk
3 Comments
Chris Garner

I came up with a variation I call the Golden Eagle with name being after the unofficial national bird of Scotland according to Google. 1.5oz (45ml) scotch, Jonny Walker Double Black, 1/2 (15ml) Plymouth sloe gin, 2 dashes orange bitters, a long lemon twist and an orange wheel served on the rocks.

Chris Garner

Sorry, 1/2oz (15ml) Plymouth sloe gin.

Black Hawk
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Chris Garner

I came up with a variation I call the Golden Eagle with name being after the unofficial national bird of Scotland according to Google. 1.5oz (45ml) scotch, Jonny Walker Double Black, 1/2 (15ml) Plymouth sloe gin, 2 dashes orange bitters, a long lemon twist and an orange wheel served on the rocks.

Black Hawk
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Chris Garner

I named it that looking up the national bird of scotch land to play on the fact it uses scotch. Apparently the golden eagle is considered the unofficial bird of Scotland

Black Hawk
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Chris Garner

I did a variation on it I called the Golden Eagle which is 1.5oz (45ml) scotch and 1/2 (15ml) sloe gin with 2 orange bitters and a lemon twist and an orange wheel on the rocks.

Amaroni
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Chris Garner

I found the recipe on Angostura’s website and its 1.5oz (45ml) Amaro di Angostura, 1/2oz (15ml) sweet vermouth and 1oz gin (30)ml. What an add recipe it is.