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Crimson King

After dinner/digestif · Aperitivo/aperitif · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni)

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Ingredients

1 oz Rye whiskey 50% abv
3/4 oz Red bitter liqueur
1/2 oz Vermouth amaro (Pun.)
1/4 oz Cherry brandy
1/6 oz Coffee liqueur

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with skewered cherry.

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Flavour profile

50.0% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 183 calories

History

Served on the rocks, its delicate chocolate and coffee notes are better appreciated with additional dilution.

This cocktail from the early twenty-teens has an unknown creator. It may be named after the Crimson King, a fictional character created by Stephen King, who is the main antagonist in the author's eight-volume Dark Tower series (1982 - 2004), as well as his novels Insomnia (1994) and Black House (2001).