# Rabo de Galo

> Rabo de Galo, the IBA official recipe: 60 ml cachaça, 20 ml sweet vermouth and 15 ml Cynar. Built in the glass and served on the rocks, garnished with an orange twist.

Cachaça, sweet vermouth and Cynar. Brazil’s bittersweet “rooster’s tail”.

- IBA category: [IBA: Contemporary Classics](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/contemporary-classics/index.md)
- Main spirit: [Cachaça cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cachaca-cocktails/index.md)
- Method: Built (built straight in the glass)
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- Served: On the rocks
- Strength: about 25.9% ABV once diluted by ice, about 1.6 standard drinks (14 g of alcohol each)
- Volume: 95 ml (3⅛ oz) before ice, about 115 ml in the glass
- Taste: Bitter, Spirit-forward

## Ingredients

Amounts are for one drink. Ounces use 30 ml to the ounce.

- 60 ml (2 oz) [Cachaça](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cachaca/index.md)
- 20 ml (⅔ oz) [Sweet vermouth](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/sweet-vermouth/index.md)
- 15 ml (½ oz) [Cynar](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cynar/)
- 2 drops [Angostura bitters](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/angostura/index.md) (optional)

## Method

1. Combine all the ingredients into a rocks glass, add ice and stir briefly.

## Garnish

An orange twist.

## Source

- Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/rabo-de-galo/
- IBA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZnkEPB2n1c
- Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice; brands vary.

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