Category: Bourbon

Left Hand

Left Hand

The Cocktails Must Flow April 5, 2024 No Comments
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The creator of this cocktail, Sam Ross, has described it as “a love child between a Negroni and a Manhattan.” Essentially a Boulevardier using bourbon instead of Irish whiskey and with different proportions and the addition of chocolate bitters.

Ingredients

45 ml (1½ oz) bourbon
22.50 ml (¾ oz) Campari
22.50 ml (¾ oz) sweet vermouth
3 dashes chocolate bitters
Maraschino cherry for garnish

Directions

Half-fill a mixing jug with ice.

Add all ingredients and stir until well-chilled.

Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe.

Garnish with a skewered maraschino cherry.

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Maida Vale

Maida Vale

The Cocktails Must Flow February 9, 2024 No Comments
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Created in 2011 by Andy Green of Unripe, London, England, and originally called the Unripe Manhattan, it was later renamed to Maida Vale. It’s a variant of the Manhattan which uses bourbon while retaining some rye whiskey and adds white vermouth alongside the sweet.

Ingredients

60 ml (2 oz) bourbon
15 ml (½ oz) rye whiskey
15 ml (½ oz) sweet vermouth
15 ml (½ oz) white vermouth
7.50 ml (¼ oz) Grand Marnier
2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Maraschino cherry for garnish

Directions

Half-fill a mixing jug with ice.

Add all ingredients and stir until well-chilled.

Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

Garnish with a maraschino cherry

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Amontillado Sherry Manhattan

The Cocktails Must Flow December 8, 2023 No Comments
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A Manhattan variant which switches out the vermouth for amontillado sherry which gives this cocktail nutty caramel flavours.

Ingredients

60 ml (2 oz) bourbon
30 ml (1 oz) amontillado sherry
2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Orange twist for garnish.

Directions

Half-fill a mixing jug with ice.

Add all ingredients and stir until well-chilled.

Strain into a martini glass.

Express the oils from the orange twist and garnish the glass with the twist.

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Chocolate Brandied Manhattan

Chocolate Brandied Manhattan

The Cocktails Must Flow November 17, 2023 No Comments
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A Manhattan variant which adds brandy and replaces the aromatic bitters with chocolate ones.

Ingredients

45 ml bourbon
30 ml sweet vermouth
22.50 ml brandy
3 dashes chocolate bitters
1 maraschino cherry

Directions

Half-fill a mixing jug with ice.

Add all liquid ingredients and mix until well-chilled.

Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe.

Garnish with a skewered maraschino cherry.

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Banana Boulevardier

Banana Boulevardier

The Cocktails Must Flow September 22, 2023 No Comments
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A variant of the Boulevardier, created by Terry Williams in 2016 at Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston, Texas, USA.

Ingredients

30 ml bourbon
30 ml sweet vermouth
15 ml Campari
15 ml banana liqueur
Orange twist
Dried banana chip

Directions

Half-fill a mixing jug with ice.

Add all ingredients and stir until well-chilled.

Strain into a tumbler over a block of ice.

Twist the orange peel over the glass to express the oils and discard.

Garnish with a dried banana chip.

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Port Old Fashioned

Port Old Fashioned

The Cocktails Must Flow August 18, 2023 No Comments
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An Old Fashioned variant which adds the richness of ruby port.

Ingredients

60 ml bourbon
15 ml ruby port
7.50 ml maple syrup
2 dashes aromatic bitters

Directions

Place a wide strip of orange peel in a tumbler.

Add the maple syrup and aromatic bitters and gently muddle to release the oils.

Add a large block of ice to the glass.

Pour the bourbon, followed by the ruby port and stir gently to combine.

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Port New York Sour

Port New York Sour

The Cocktails Must Flow August 4, 2023 No Comments
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A variant of the New York Sour which has a few changes, the most notable is replacing the dry red wine with tawny port wine.

Ingredients

60 ml bourbon
22.50 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
22.50 ml simple syrup
30 ml tawny port

Directions

Half-fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

Add the bourbon, lemon juice and simple syrup and shake until well-chilled.

Strain into a tumbler over fresh ice.

Gently pour the port over the back of a bar spoon so it floats on the surface.

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