Consolation Prize

John Perry Yates | Brooklyn, NY

illustration: John Perry Yates
consolation prize cocktail recipe john perry yates

Cachaça and genever are not the easiest pairing, but in the right ratio, malty genever and oaky aged cachaça combine to create a near-whiskey flavor. Created by illustrator John Perry Yates for the 2014 World Cup third-place match between Brazil and the Netherlands, this Old-Fashioned style drink has shades of Jerry Thomas’s Improved Holland Gin Cocktail with its orange-y malt flavors. Maybe not the perfect cocktail, but good enough for third place.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces genever
  • 2 ounces genever
  • 1 ounce aged cachaça
  • 1 ounce aged cachaça
  • 1/2 ounce Cointreau
  • 1/2 ounce Cointreau
  • 3 dashes orange bitters
  • 3 dashes orange bitters

Garnish: orange peel

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass.
  2. Add ice and stir until chilled.
  3. Strain over a large rock into a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with an orange peel.

Tagged: cachaca, genever, Old Fashioned, World Cup

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