# Fog Cutter

Trader Vic’s heavyweight combines three spirits beneath a strikingly lemon-led citrus body, with orgeat binding the drink before a sweet-sherry float.

Strength: 20% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Light Puerto Rican-style rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/light-puerto-rican-rum.md)
- 30 ml [Brandy](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/brandy.md)
- 15 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 60 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 30 ml [Fresh orange juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-orange-juice.md)
- 15 ml [Orgeat syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orgeat-syrup.md) — Traditionally contains almond; check the selected product label and refrigerate after opening as directed.
- 15 ml [Cream sherry](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cream-sherry.md)

## Glassware

Collins glass

## Method

1. Shake everything except the cream sherry with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled Collins glass filled with fresh cubed ice.
3. Float the cream sherry over the surface and serve with straws.

## Related drinks

- [Samoan Fog Cutter](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/samoan-fog-cutter.md): Trader Vic's later Samoan revision gives rum, Cognac, and gin an unusually broad tropical base before a sweet sherry float turns the citrus-and-orgeat drink savoury at the surface.
- [Scorpion](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/scorpion.md): White rum and brandy share a large measure of orange and lemon with orgeat in Trader Vic's individual 1972 drink, a distinct descendant rather than a scaled-down communal bowl.
- [Steve’s Rum Barrel](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/steves-rum-barrel.md): Steve Crane’s huge Kon-Tiki barrel balances two full measures of rum against four fresh juices, passion fruit, honey, and precise traces of almond and anise.
- [Q.B. Cooler](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/qb-cooler.md): Three regional rum styles move through orange, lime, honey, ginger, falernum, bitters, and soda in Donn Beach’s complex 1937 cooler.
- [Mr. Bali Hai](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mr-bali-hai.md): Dark Jamaican rum, light rum, pineapple, lemon, and dry coffee liqueur create a large tropical drink whose roast and funk are more compelling than simple sweetness.
- [Between the Sheets](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/between-the-sheets.md): A bright, spirit-forward sour joining rum and Cognac with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Monkey Gland](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monkey-gland.md): Gin and fresh orange sharpened by absinthe and grenadine.
- [Gin Basil Smash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-basil-smash.md): Fresh basil is muddled through Jörg Meyer's bright 2008 gin sour, making vivid green aroma a structural ingredient.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fog-cutter
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/fog-cutter-56b651a9.webp
- Recipe source: https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/fogcutter