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Satan's Whiskers

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Editor's note: The recipe below is excerpted from Debbie Moose's Fan Fare: A Playbook of Great Recipes for Tailgating or Watching the Game at Home. Reprinted with permission by Harvard Common Press.

This recipe is from University of Georgia fan Thomas Lanford Jr., who says: "Satan's Whiskers is in honor of University of South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier, who most University of Georgia fans believe is Satan incarnate." Ah, the rivalry!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 2

Ingredients

Cracked ice
1 ounce gin
1 ounce dry vermouth
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
4 teaspoons orange curaçao or Grand Marnier
2 teaspoons orange bitters
2 orange twists, for garnish

Preparation

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway full with cracked ice. Add the gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, orange juice, curaçao, and bitters, and shake well. Strain into 2 chilled cocktail glasses and garnish each with an orange twist.

Fan Fare by Debbie Moose, Harvard Common Press, copyright © 2007
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