Classics

Whiskey Cocktail

This spare nineteenth-century formula puts the grain and spice of whiskey ahead of garnish or ceremony.

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Reference: Jerry Thomas · 1887 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.

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Method stirGlass nick and noraFinish Lemon peel

Ingredients

Rye, bitters, and restrained sugar sharpened by a fresh ribbon of lemon oil.

Taste: rye grain · lemon oil · dry spice

Amount

How to make it

Stir the whiskey, syrup, and bitters with cold ice until polished and lightly diluted.
Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora.
Express a broad lemon peel over the surface and set it on the rim.

Source: Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide (1887), LOC 07000656 p. 20, image 24 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.

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