Triple Sec: an overview of liquor and how it can be replaced

Triple Sec An orange-flavoured liqueur similar to Curaçao liqueur, but less sweet and colorless. The alcohol content is 15-40%.

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History of Triple Sec

Triple Sec is a typical representative of the cocktail orange liqueurs that flooded Europe in the XNUMXth century.

The original version of the drink appeared in the Western French town of Saumur in 1834.

It was created by confectioner and winemaker Jean-Baptiste Combier. For several decades, the restless Frenchman continued to improve his creation.

A certain François Raspail, with whom Combier shared a prison cell in the 1850s, played a certain role in this process, when he was doing his sentence for doing what he could to oppose the newly-made French emperor, Napoleon III.

However, Triple Sec never became the indivisible intellectual property of its creator.

In addition to the Combier house, the mentioned drink, with some minor modifications, is produced by manufacturers such as Lucas Bols, De Kuyper and McGuinnes.

Making Triple Sec

The invariable basis for the manufacture of Triple Sec liqueur is an alcoholic infusion on the peel of sweet orange and bitter orange.

The substance obtained in this way is distilled three times in good old copper alambicas, after which it is sweetened with sugar syrup and diluted to the required strength.

At the same time, each manufacturer tries to give the drink some personality by adding various herbs and spices at the stage of infusion.

The end result is a clear orange decoction with spicy herbal overtones.

The traditional strength of the liquor can vary between 15-40 degrees.

Triple Sec liqueur analogues

Triple Sec you can replace: any variation of Curacao liqueur (regardless of color) and Cointreau.

The difference between the mentioned drinks lies in the amount of sugar content. Triple Sec is the least sweet of the whole company.

In the alcohol content, for example, the fortress of Cointreau should be exclusively 40 degrees.

And also in some other features of the production process, in particular, at the distillation stage.

How to drink Triple Sec

The presence of herbal components in the liquor of interest to us theoretically provides for the possibility of drinking the drink as a digestif (with ice and from liquor glasses).

Triple Sec looks more acceptable in combination with orange juice or, say, Fanta. However, in practice, most often, it is used as a cocktail ingredient. In this regard, it suffices to mention such names as “Alligator”, “B-57” (a very successful variation on the theme of the famous “B-52”) or “Mai Tai”.

Alligator

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 30 мл

2. Vodka – 45 ml

3. Midori liqueur – 30 ml

4. Lemon syrup – 15 ml

5. Orange juice – 15 ml

6. Sprite – 15 ml

7. Orange – 1 circle

Method of preparation

1. Shake liqueurs and vodka in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a glass.

3. Add juice, syrup and sprite.

4. Garnish the rim of the glass with an orange.

B-57

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 15 мл

2. Kalua liqueur – 15 ml

3. Sambuca – 15 ml

Method of preparation

1. Pour layers into a stack of Kalua, Triple Sec and Sambuca.

2. Set fire to the result and drink through a straw.

Mai Tai

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 15 мл

2. Light rum – 40 ml

3. Dark rum – 20 ml

4. Almond syrup – 15 ml

5. Lime juice – 10 ml

6. Fresh mint – 1 sprig

7. Pineapple – 1 slice

Method of preparation

1. Shake all liquids thoroughly in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a glass filled 1/3 with crushed ice.

3. Garnish with mint and pineapple.

Hawaiian

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 10 мл

2. Dry London Gin – 30 ml

3. Orange juice – 20 ml

Method of preparation

1. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice.

2. Strain through a strainer into a glass.

Devonian

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 5 мл

2. Dry London Gin – 20 ml

3. Apple cider – 90 ml

Method of preparation

1. Fill a cocktail glass halfway with ice.

2. Pour gin into it.

3. Add cider.

4. Add liquor.

5. Gently stir the contents of the glass.

Strawberry Margarita

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 25 мл

2. Tequila – 35 ml

3. Strawberry liqueur – 25 ml

4. Lemon juice – 10 ml

5. Strawberries – 1/2 berries

Method of preparation

1. Shake all liquids in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a martini glass.

3. Decorate the edge of the glass with strawberries.

First blood

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 60 мл

2. Blackthorn liqueur – 40 ml

3. Cherry juice – 1 dash

4. Grenadine syrup – 1 desh

5. Lemonade – to taste

6. Cocktail cherry – 2 pc.

Method of preparation

1. Combine juice and liqueurs in a mixing glass with ice.

2. Strain through a strainer into a glass.

3. Fill container with lemonade.

4. Drop Grenadine.

5. Garnish with cherries on a skewer.

Afternoon

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 30 мл

2. Apricot brandy – 30 ml

3. Lime – 1 piece

Method of preparation

1. Squeeze juice from lime.

2. Mix all liquids in a shaker with ice.

3. Pour through a strainer into a glass.

4. Decorate the edge of the container with a spiral of lime zest.

Radiator

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 15 мл

2. Light rum – 15 ml

3. White dessert vermouth – 25 ml

4. Orange – 1 slice

Method of preparation

1. Shake all liquids in a shaker with crushed ice.

2. Strain through a strainer into a glass.

3. Decorate with orange.

Newton’s apple

List of ingredients

1. Triple Sec – 10 мл

2. Calvados – 40 ml

3. Angostura – 2 desha

Method of preparation

1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a glass.

Relevance: 04.12.2017

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