CLASSIC · WHITE RUM

Fog Cutter

Name: Fog Cutter
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml White Rum; 30 ml Cognac; 15 ml London Dry Gin; 60 ml Fresh Orange Juice; 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice; 15 ml Orgeat (Almond) Syrup; 15 ml Cream or Oloroso Sherry (float); Mint Sprig

Rum, cognac and gin, buried under citrus and almond, with a sherry float on top.

Ingredients

White Rum45 ml

Cognac30 ml

London Dry Gin15 ml

Fresh Orange Juice60 ml

Fresh Lemon Juice30 ml

Orgeat (Almond) Syrup15 ml

Cream or Oloroso Sherry (float)15 ml

Mint Sprig

Glassware

Collins glass

Chilled.

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Flavor

Almond · Lemon · Lime · Orange · Vanilla

Estimated profile

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Method

1
Fill a tall glass with crushed ice.
2
Combine the white rum, cognac, gin, orange juice, lemon juice and orgeat in a shaker.
3
Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds.
4
Strain into the prepared glass and top with more crushed ice.
5
Float the sherry gently over the surface and garnish with a mint sprig.

The kit for this drink

Ice Glassware Shake and strain Prep and serve

From the Bartender

Victor Bergeron's creation for Trader Vic's, and his own printed advice was that after two of them you could not see through the fog. The sherry float is not a garnish: it is the ingredient that makes the drink taste finished.

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