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The Savelberg

Nightcap/sipping

4.2 22 ratings

Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Oude genever
1/3 oz Poire William
1/2 oz Rosso/sweet vermouth
1/2 oz Dry vermouth
1/6 oz Honey
1/6 oz Lemon juice

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

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

23.9% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 167 calories

History

A boozy mix of bready genever, pear, citrus, and faint honey.

Jan Halfpap created this cocktail in 2016 at Bar Le Lion in Hamburg, Germany. It is a variation on the classic Journalist cocktail and is named for Robert Savelberg, a Dutch journalist based in Berlin. Savelberg gained renown in Germany for his pointed questions during a press conference concerning the new Federal Government's coalition agreement in October 2009. A satirical film about the event was later produced by ZDF.

Created by Jan Halfpap