Cocktail recipe

Three Dots and a Dash

A shaken cocktail featuring Rhum agricole, Brown Rum, Dry Curaçao.

Three Dots and a Dash cocktail

Ingredients

  • 30 ml Rhum agricole
  • 30 ml Brown Rum
  • 0.5 oz Dry Curaçao
  • 0.5 oz Falernum
  • 0.25 oz Allspice dram
  • 1 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Honey Syrup
  • 3 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Method

  1. Add Rhum agricole, Brown Rum, Dry Curaçao, Falernum, Allspice dram, Lime Juice, Honey Syrup and Angostura aromatic bitters to a shaker.
  2. Add crushed ice and shake briefly to chill.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass over crushed ice.
  4. Optional garnish: pineapple leaves, pineapple spear, an orchid and three brandied cherries.

Story

Donn Beach's Second World War drink; the name is Morse code for V, for victory, spelled out in the garnish of three cherries and a pineapple spear.