The Alamagoozlum Cocktail
What a wonderfully, fantastic way to start the week – or end the week, or the celebrate Thursdays , or drink away the Tuesday night. I think you get the picture. Originally found in Charles H. Baker’s 1939 book Around the World with Jigger, Beaker, and Flask and attributed to none other than J. P. Morgan – yes, the American tycoon – the Alamagoozlum is not just fun to say but rather historic.
Ingredients:
Recipe I
1/2 egg white
2 ounces/6 cl/60 ml of genever gin
2 ounces of water
1.5 ounces/4.5 cl/45 ml of Jamaican Rum
1.5 ounces of yellow or green Chartreuse
1.5 ounces of gomme syrup
0.5 ounces/1.5 cl/15 ml of orange curacao
0.5 ounces of Angostura Bitters
Recipe II
1/4 egg white
1 ounce/3 cl/30 ml of Rutte Old Simon Genever
1 ounce of water
0.75 ounce/2.25 cl/22.5 ml of white overproof rum
0.75 ounce of Chartreuse Jaune (yellow Chartreuse)
0.75 ounce of sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
0.25 ounces/0.75 cl/7.5 ml of Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge
0.25 ounces of Angostura Bitters
with a pineapple wedge for garnish
– For both recipes place all of the ingredients into an iced cocktail shaker and shake it. Not a simple shake but a vigorous one – ‘shake it like a Polaroid picture’.
Yes, yes, there’s about 285 ml of cocktail in recipe I… This recipe is intended to be shared amongst several, chilled glasses. Well, unless you’re thirsty or just want that kind of night! Also, don’t fear the egg whites. It’s not for flavour, but instead adds a lovely foam on top and gives the cocktail a silky texture.
Get your ingredients!
Genever/Jenever
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/jenever
Chartreuse
www.masterofmalt.com/distilleries/chartreuse-distillery
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/chartreuse
White rum
www.masterofmalt.com/white-rum
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/white-rum
Orange curacao/liqueur
www.masterofmalt.com/orangecuracao
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/orangecuracao
www.masterofmalt.com/orangeliqueurs
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/orangeliqueur
Gomme/sugar syrup
www.masterofmalt.com/sugarcanesyrup
Angostrua Bitters
www.masterofmalt.com/bitters/angostura-bitters
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/angosturabitters
Jamaican rum
www.masterofmalt.com/jamaicanrum
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/jamaicanrum
