Name: Youth and Treachery
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Blanco tequila; 30 ml Gentian liqueur; 30 ml Dry vermouth

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Blanco tequila

1 fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

1 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled 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 Youth & Treachery contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.47% alc./vol. (40.94° proof)
18.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Jason Simplot at Rumba, Seattle, USA. Jason's original spec called for equal parts El Tesoro Platinum, Suze and Carpano Bianco.

Jason says, "Essentially a white Rosita, created for a guest who wanted a tequila cocktail on the bitter side. Slightly spicy, kinda sweet and gentian-heavy. I thought I named this after a 'Modern Life Is War' song, one of my favorite punk bands, but upon a little research, they never titled a song with the aforementioned phrase. Which is too bad. It's fitting for not only their casse-toi brand of aggressive punk but also for this slightly aggressive and feisty cocktail."

Comments & Discussion

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Dr Drink 8w

I’m not a real fan of gentian root (pretty sure it’s the main reason I don’t like Campari), but don’t mind a bitter cocktail.

I subbed out the gentian for bitter bianco and return a little depth by replacing the Blanco with a reposado.

I call it the Aged & Mellow

Loïc Pierre 30w

Did it with Salers, resulted very dry, but interesting. Maybe with Salers it would combine well with blanco vermouth instead of dry vermouth, as Salers is drier than Suze. I think the lemon zest is a must (I forgot it).

Frederic D. Premium Member 1y

This is really good! I agree that proper dilution is key. It helps mellow the Suze enough that it's bitterness doesn't dominate. The tequila comes through nicely, especially on the swallow, and of course lemon peel and Suze are a wonderful combination.

peter wickham 1y

I do like this cocktail. It needs dilution, the more chilled water you get into it the better it loosens/improves. I'm currently going through a regime of trying to train myself to like the taste of Suze/Gentian, so this cocktail is actually part of a process rather than a personal choice. I guess it is a difficult journey to get past that 'yakky' moment you have with Gentian. But I feel I need to make the effort!!

David Kennedy Premium Member 1y

I used Dolin Blanc Vermouth which didn’t make it as dry a cocktail. I like it!

Thierry Vandevelde 1y

A White Negroni with tequila (works very well with Suze) but also drier thanks to the vermouth rather than Lillet. I used an extra dry vermouth though which might have given me that impression.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Love Suze, love negronis, this one and the lemon zest works for me! Also check out Jersey's Best Dancers; same proportions but with mezcal and orange zest. Seemed dryer somehow.