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A nouveau tropical rum cocktail with big passionfruit and grapefruit flavor. From Nick Detrich.

Ingredients:

½ oz Tropical Passionfruit Syrup
1 oz Campari
1 oz rhum agricole
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz apricot brandy
5 drops saline
10 drops grapefruit bitters

Instructions:

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
Add ice and shake hard for 20 seconds
Strain into a chilled rocks glass

Glass:

rocks

Garnish:

orange twist

Photo:

Scott Kallstrand

Category: 6 or more, bitter, bitters, campari, citrusy, lemon, rhum, rum, shaken, short, summer, tiki, tropical passionfruit syrup

A different take on Tiki

I loved this drink in which the agricole shined through and was supported by the balance of Lemon, Campari, and apricot brandy. I didn't have grapefruit bitters so I used about 1/8 oz. of fresh grapefruit juice and around 1/16 oz. course salt to stand in for the saline solution. The result was a well balanced cocktail in which the supporting ingredients worked well together and remained in the
background to produce a delicious, satisfying drink.

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