Trident Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide

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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients: [edit]

30 ml	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
30 ml	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
30 ml	Akvavit / Aquavit
2 dash	Peach bitters

ml × 1 1 serving Read about cocktail measures and measuring

Prepare:

1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

• Manzanilla sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Bone dry and boozy, this cocktail is aimed at those who have a penchant for both sherry and aquavit, not to mention bittersweet artichoke liqueurs - hardly mass market then. Nor are Aston Martin cars but I want one. Be warned - use the wrong sherry and this drink falls apart - don't be tempted to sub manzanilla with a fino.

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History:

Robert Hess created this riff on a Negroni in 2002. The Trident name apparently was inspired by the fact that each of the three main ingredients comes from a different seafaring country.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Trident contains 146 calories

Alcohol content:

• 1.2 standard drinks
• 18.85% alc./vol. (37.7° proof)
• 17.1 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Please log in to make a comment Guy Daniels 29th March 2025 at 18:40 As a lover of all three of these ingredients i was expecting fireworks- it did not disappoint. Great quality Manzanilla and Aquavit are needed (lucky i have both Spanish and Norwegian relatives!). This one is on heavy rotation (still no sign of the Aston Martin though…!) 1 reply ... Simon Difford 30th March 2025 at 08:59 If Aston Martin by Yanni Kehagiaras, then I'm now on the case. 0 reply ... 1 reply John CARR 28th August 2024 at 12:10 Would a dry vermouth work in place of manzanillla, or just a different flavour profile altogether? 1 reply ... Simon Difford 28th August 2024 at 13:08 Dry vermouth is very different, but you could use a fino sherry in place of manzanilla sherry. 1 reply ... 1 reply Kathy Perantie 30th March 2024 at 02:38 I made this to use up a couple of bottles that I’m not a big fan of, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good this turned out. Definitely better for me than the sum of its parts. 2 reply ... See discussion in the Forum

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