Classics
The Fedora layers three brown spirits without turning muddy: bourbon leads, rum supplies bass notes, and Cognac rounds the edges around lemon and orange liqueur.
Reference: J. A. Grohusko · 1910 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
Ingredients
Bourbon, Jamaican rum, Cognac, citrus, and curaçao in a compact old punch.
Taste: bourbon oak · funky rum · orange peel
Bourbon
45ml
Aged Jamaican rum
15ml
Cognac
7.5ml
Dry curaçao
7.5ml
Fresh lemon juice
20ml
Demerara syrup
7.5ml
How to make it
Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with cold ice.
Shake firmly until chilled and integrated, then strain over fresh cracked ice in a double old-fashioned glass.
Express a broad orange peel over the drink and tuck it beside the ice.
Source: DosVermuts adaptation of J. A. Grohusko, Jack's Manual (1910), p. 87, LOC image 95 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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