# Rabo de Galo

A robust Brazilian aperitif bringing cachaça together with sweet vermouth, earthy Cynar, and aromatic bitters.

Strength: 31% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Cachaça](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cachaca.md)
- 20 ml [Sweet vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sweet-vermouth.md)
- 15 ml [Cynar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cynar.md)
- 2 drops [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Rocks glass

## Garnish

- Orange twist — Express the peel oils over the drink.

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with ice until well chilled.
2. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.

## Related drinks

- [Little Italy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/little-italy.md): A bittersweet Manhattan variation pairing rye and sweet vermouth with earthy, herbal Cynar.
- [Heart of Glass](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/heart-of-glass.md): Troy Sidle’s room-temperature Manhattan-scaffa measures its own dilution, saturates bourbon with Cynar and bitters, and turns a whiskey rinse into ritual.
- [Bitter Giuseppe](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-giuseppe.md): Stephen Cole's low-proof modern classic makes earthy Cynar the base, lengthened with sweet vermouth and sharpened by lemon and orange bitters.
- [Boulevardier](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/boulevardier.md): A whiskey-driven bittersweet classic with Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/negroni.md): A gin-led union of Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [Right Hand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/right-hand.md): Aged rum takes bourbon's place beside Campari, sweet vermouth, and mole bitters in Michael McIlroy's warmer, orange-scented companion to the Left Hand.
- [Search for Delicious](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/search-for-delicious.md): Cynar and Punt e Mes turn silky and aromatic under tiny measures of lemon, orange bitters, and bitterness-taming salt.
- [Left Hand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/left-hand.md): Bourbon, Campari, and sweet vermouth gain dark cacao and spice from mole bitters in Sam Ross's late-2000s bridge between Boulevardier and Manhattan.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rabo-de-galo
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/rabo-de-galo-35c64282.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/rabo-de-galo/