Salty Duncan

Jim Kearns, The Happiest Hour and Slowly Shirley | New York

salty duncan

For his Salty Duncan, Jim Kearns calls on that all-important combination of sweet, sour and bitter. A mix of two types of citrus, blanc vermouth, cane syrup, Suze and Luxardo Bitter Bianco, served on the rocks with a salt rim, the cocktail drinks like summer appropriate riff on the Negroni Bianco.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces Luxardo Bitter Bianco
  • 1 1/2 ounces Luxardo Bitter Bianco
  • 1/2 ounce Suze
  • 1/2 ounce Suze
  • 1/2 ounce blanc vermouth, preferably Dolin
  • 1/2 ounce blanc vermouth, preferably Dolin
  • 1 ounce grapefruit juice
  • 1 ounce grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 ounce cane syrup
  • 1/2 ounce cane syrup
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice

Garnish: half salt rim, lime wedge

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake with ice.
  2. Strain into a Collins glass over ice.
  3. Garnish with a half salt rim and a lime wedge.