Handcuffed Lightning

Name: Handcuffed Lightning
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 23 ml Jamaican Rum; 1 twst Orange Peel; 23 ml Cognac; 15 ml Sweet Vermouth; 15 ml Apricot Brandy; 15 ml Swedish Punsch

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Stir Jamaican Rum, Cognac, Sweet Vermouth, Swedish Punsch with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.

While browsing through my drink database, I noticed Tony Iamunno's Butterfly Sting and its unique blend of Punt e Mes with Swedish punsch. This inspired me to refine the recipe further. Recalling the Swedish punsch-apricot liqueur pairing from the Havana Cocktail and the apricot-Punt e Mes combination in the Slope, I decided to create a tribute to Muhammad Ali. For the base spirits, I chose a Jamaican rum for its funkiness and Cognac for its richness. The name Handcuffed Lightning came from Ali's famous quote: "I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail."

Method

Stirred

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Sweet

Warm