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Few Words

Name: Few Words
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Cherry brandy; 10 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 3 dash Creole bitters

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Discerning Drinkers (43)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 fl oz	Cherry (brandy) liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

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 (preferably a large cube or chunk of block ice).

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 Few Words contains 223 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
25.27% alc./vol. (50.53° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created 2018 by Alexey Poltavskiy at Club No. 43, Phuket, Thailand, this cocktail earned him a place in the London final of the Heering Classics Competition.

Review

This lightly spiced mezcal-laced and cherry-flavoured cocktail is equally enjoyable as an aperitif or digestif.

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$42.99 $2.61 per cocktail

Cherry Heering Liqueur 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$29.99 $1.20 per cocktail Cherry Heering Liqueur image

Luxardo Aperitivo 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$19.99 $0.27 per cocktail Luxardo Aperitivo image

$4.08 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Nicholas Wilson 1y

Intriguing smoked cherry sipper. Aperol seems to provide a bridge between the mezcal and cherry brandy. Fascinating

Jason Dworkin 5y

I find Aperol to be too sweet. If you replace it with Nonino it really improves the drink.

Braden Pendlebury 4y

I had this drink last night using the recipe listed and while I enjoyed it, I echoed the sentiment regarding the sweetness of the drink. I saw this note this afternoon and thought, "Why, I have Nonino, let's give it a shot!" Great note, it does improve the drink; and that's coming from a lover of Aperol. Thanks for the tip, Jason.

Aristoth Dariotis 3y

I toned down the sweetness by using 3/4 Oz. Cherry heering instead of 1. Felt more in balance

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