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Repossession Cocktail: A Dry Sour from the NoMad Cocktail Book

July 1, 2020 by Sean Leave a Comment

This is a unique take on a tequila sour where the sherry is the star of the show. Highly recommend.
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Whenever anybody asks me for a cocktail bar recommendation in NYC, the NoMad Bar is always on the list. It’s easy to get to, has tons of seating, and I’ve never had a bad drink there.

In fact, I’ve had many really good drinks there.

So when I saw that Leo Robitschek had written the Nomad Cocktail Book – I knew I instantly needed it.

Fortunately, Christmas was right around the corner, and lo and behold, can you guess what was under the tree?

Yep, the NoMad.

Ok, not the whole hotel – that would be silly.

I’ll do a separate review of the book once I’ve had a chance to make a few more of the drinks there.

But upon getting home last night, I immediately wanted to dive in.

While I have a very fairly extensive booze collection, in books like these 9 times out of 10 there is some obscure ingredient, or component that needs to be concocted, before you can successfully make the drink.

But after perusing for 10 minutes, I stumbled upon the Repossession cocktail, which sounded like a smoky tequila sour, and exactly the kind of drink I was in the mood for.

In a quick online search, it looks like this was originally a drink that was created by Leo for the renowned Eleven Madison Park restaurant, which makes sense since it is under the same ownership group as the NoMad.

All that did was get me even more excited.

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Making the Repossession Cocktail from the NoMad Cocktail Book

Now, amontillado sherry, which is the star of the show here, is not normally something I have on hand. However, fortunately being the holidays I picked up a bottle of it to make Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s world famous egg nog (which absolutely lived up to expectations, and if there’s interest I’ll write about here).

The recipe for the Reposession is below, but it’s a mixture of cane sugar, lemon juice, apricot liqueur, amontillado sherry, reposado tequila, and a few sprays of mezcal from an atomizer.

This is a unique take on a tequila sour where the sherry is the star of the show. Highly recommend.
This is a unique take on a tequila sour where the sherry is the star of the show. Highly recommend.

Being that I decided to make this thing on a whim, I had to make do with what I had on hand.

I used regular simple syrup rather than cane syrup, I used a different amontillado sherry rather than Los Altos, and I used El Jimador Anejo rather than the reposado it called for.

I’ll make it again soon and update with closer ingredients, but I’m happy to report that even with these substitutions I was treated to a delicious and refined cocktail.

I haven’t personally made a ton of sherry cocktails but the two things that surprised me the most were:

  1. How much the amontillado sherry shined through. This was the star of the show, and the most prominent flavor – adding a smoky and earthy element that I loved.
  2. It wasn’t as sweet as I anticipated. It was only a quarter ounce of simple syrup, but usually I expect anything with the apricot to have some sweeter elements, but it was just enough sweetness to balance out the acidity from the lemon, and add an extra layer to the dry sherry.

I was surprised the tequila didn’t shine through more, but I’m guessing that is due to the more mellow anejo rather than the called for reposado.

Overall, this is 100% a cocktail I will make again. It had more complexity than expected, and was a nice change of pace from what I usually make.

Who Should You Make the Nomad Repossession Cocktail For?

So who is the right person to make this cocktail for? And when should you make it?

Well this is perfect for the person who likes a whiskey sour, or even a margarita.

Reposession Cocktail

Chances are the sherry will throw them off a little bit, as it’s certainly more dry than a margarita – but the citrus flavor and unique combo of smoke and earth should be a crowd pleaser.

Just make sure who you’re making it for is ok with a little bit of smokiness. Even just the few sprays from the atomizer gives it a very smoky nose that can turn off people who aren’t into that kind of drink. But for those that are? Make them a Smokescreen after this.

Check out my full review of the NoMad Cocktail Book.

The NoMad Cocktail Book
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The NoMad Cocktail Book hits that perfect balance of wildly unique drinks, that are still accessible for home bartenders to make at home. There are some simple classics, and some that are more involved, and it's this balance that makes it one of my favorite cocktail books out there.

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01/31/2023 06:42 am GMT
This is a unique take on a tequila sour where the sherry is the star of the show. Highly recommend.

Reposession Cocktail (From the NoMad Cocktail Book)

A unique dry sherry sour
Print Recipe
CourseDrinks
CuisineAmerican
Keywordslemon, mezcal, sherry, tequila
GlassRocks
DifficultyEasy
Total Time5 minutes
Servings1
Calories150kcal
Cost$4

Equipment

  • Cocktail Shaker
  • Chinois
  • Hawthorne Strainer
  • Big Cube

Ingredients

  • 1 oz Reposado Tequila
  • .75 oz Amontillado Sherry
  • .5 oz Apricot Liqueur
  • .5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • .25 oz Cane Syrup I used demerara
  • 6 Sprays Mezcal From atomizer

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients except mezcal into shaker
  • Shake and double strain over a big cube into a double rocks glass
  • Spray mezcal from atomizer

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal

Filed Under: Cocktail Recipes Tagged With: nomad bar, sherry

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