Kingston Club

Via Jeffrey Morgenthaler, the Kingston Club is a delicious an unusual drink that deserves more play.

Kingston Club

1.5 oz Drambuie

1.5 oz Pineapple Juice

.75 oz Lime juice

1 tsp Fernet Branca

3 dashes Angostura bitters

Fill a Collins glass with ice and one ounce of soda water.

Shake over ice and strain.

Garnish with an orange peel.

If you followed the link above, you saw that his was a lot prettier than mine, but that's OK, because mine was just as delicious. You would think that equal parts of liqueur and fresh pineapple juice would be too sweet, but the level of citrus in this drink was perfect, making it much dryer than I had anticipated. When I was planning to make this drink, I remembered it as having rather more Fernet than it actually does, but when I went to make it, I discovered it had only a teaspoon, which is exactly equivalent to 1/8 of one ounce.

Those who have been reading for a while will recall my love of Fernet and Pineapple, which was one of the main reasons I wanted to make this. As such, I apologize for the low amount of Fernet in this drink, and I will try to find one for you that has substantially more in the near future.