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Royal Balkan

Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Herbal · Long drinks and highballs

3.9 6 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Gin
1 oz Amaro (e.g. Montenegro)
3/4 oz Bénédictine D.O.M.
8 drop Grapefruit bitters
2 oz Tonic water

How to make

Serve in a highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 STIR first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 POUR tonic water over the cocktail in your stirring glass/tin.
  3. 5 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

  1. 6 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

17.2% alc./vol. · 1.9 standard drinks · 274 calories

History

A gin-forward drink, bittersweet with pleasant herbaceous notes.

Jack Sleaford created this drink in 2018 at Wood & Company, a bar in Manchester, England. The recipe was later adapted from his original.

Created by Jack McGarry