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Night Cap (Sloppy Joe's 1935)

Aperitivo/aperitif · Classic/vintage · Sours (citrus)

4.0 75 ratings

Ingredients

3/4 oz Cognac (brandy)
3/4 oz Gin
3/4 oz White crème de cacao
3/4 oz Lime juice
1/6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
3 drop Saline solution 4:1

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of coin-sized orange zest twist..

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and float as garnish.

Flavour profile

18.5% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 182 calories

History

This sweet and sour cocktail with gin and cognac suits an aperitivo or breakfast. Add sugar syrup if using sweet white cacao.

This recipe is an adaptation from a 1935 souvenir pamphlet originating from the well-known Sloppy Joe's bar in Havana, Cuba. The pamphlet was provided by Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean.

Also known as Chocolate Word