# Samoan Fog Cutter

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.

Strength: 18% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [White rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/white-rum.md)
- 30 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 15 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-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)
- 15 ml [Cream sherry](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cream-sherry.md)

## Glassware

Collins glass

## Garnish

- Mint sprig — Clap the mint gently before placing it beside the straw.

## Method

1. Shake everything except the cream sherry with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled Collins glass packed with crushed ice.
3. Float the cream sherry over the surface.

## Related drinks

- [Fog Cutter](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fog-cutter.md): Trader Vic’s heavyweight combines three spirits beneath a strikingly lemon-led citrus body, with orgeat binding the drink before a sweet-sherry float.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Humuhumunukunukuapua'a](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/humuhumunukunukuapua-a.md): Gin, pineapple, lemon, orgeat, and Peychaud's make Marcovaldo Dionysos's vivid modern tiki sour.
- [Army & Navy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/army-and-navy.md): Orgeat replaces plain sugar in this gin sour, bringing almond richness and orange-flower perfume into a sharply structured, bitters-seasoned drink.
- [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.
- [London Calling](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-calling.md): Fino sherry draws a saline, almond-dry line through this bright gin sour, with orange bitters and grapefruit peel extending its citrus without adding sweetness.
- [Monkey Gland](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monkey-gland.md): Gin and fresh orange sharpened by absinthe and grenadine.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/samoan-fog-cutter
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/samoan-fog-cutter-94f153ab.webp
- Recipe source: https://tradervics.com/blogs/news/samoan-fog-cutter