Name: King Cole Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 7.5 ml Fernet liqueur; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water

King Cole Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₄ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange & pineapple slices.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Fernet-loving folk will appreciate this herbal digestivo.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

KING COLE COCKTAIL.
1 Glass Rye or Canadian Club Whisky.
2 Dashes Syrup.
1 Dash Fernet Branca.
1 Lump of Ice.
Stir well and decorate with slices of orange and pineapple.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of King Cole Cocktail contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
28.42% alc./vol. (28.42° proof)
22 grams of pure alcohol

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Herbert Brant

4th November 2023 at 19:20

And a merry old soul was I! Very nice combination, keeping the Fernet in balance with the Rye. Next time, I'll try it with different types of bitters (orange, cherry, maple-walnut, etc.) for a subtle variation on a great simple cocktail.

John Hinojos

10th March 2022 at 05:28

Great evening sipper and digestive. The rye gives it warm tones and the fernet herbal and minty. Wonderful for relaxing after a long day.

Timothy Parker

27th February 2022 at 00:37

Very tasty! Though it puts me in mind of my personal variation on the Toronto: 2-1/4 oz rye, 3/4 oz ginger syrup, 1/2 oz Fernet. I call it Timmy’s Toronto — and it’s my go-to for something a bit bracing but also bright.

Donald S

4th August 2021 at 00:54

Love this. If you enjoy a Manhattan, then you'll like this. I didn't have pineapple and an orange so I used my fallback, home canned cherries in bourbon and triple-sec. Oh yeah!