Name: Bon Vivant
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 20 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Vermouth amaro (Pun.); 15 ml Becherovka liqueur; 1 dash Black walnut bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 1/3 fl oz

Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk

2/3 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1/2 fl oz

Punt E Mes vermouth amaro

1/2 fl oz

Becherovka liqueur

1 dash

Fee Brothers Black Walnut bitters

1/3 fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bon Vivant contains 181 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
25.22% alc./vol. (50.44° proof)
25.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Black walnut bitters — Nuts

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails, who says, "Named thus because Jerry Thomas combines brandy and Jamaica rum 2:1 in a number of his famous punches; created with rums like Plantation Xaymaca or Berry Bros. Jamaica Rum in mind."

Comments & Discussion

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Rae Hopcroft 2y

Too heavy on the Becherovka for me. I added some maple syrup to round it out and then midway through a dash of fig molasses, which really made it.

Wendy Van Skyhawk 2y

I had some odds and ends boozes on hand for rum and brandy, used Cocchi vermouth, and Bittercube’s blackstrap bitters (nutmeg, kola, cinnamon). Finished with orange peel. I did shake it, rather than stirred. I found this less boozy and sweeter than the rating. Made a lovely, complex Christmasy cocktail.

John KM Premium Member 3y

A nice drink but I’ll definitely go easier on the Becherovka next time. The rum is a great backbone to the drink but is a little drowned out by the herbal liquer

Karen Hill 4y

Antica formula vermouth, Maison Rouge VSOP, Goslings Black Seal rum, Becherovka, black walnut bitters, how could this be bad.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4y

May not have had the right rum for this so I used 20ml each, an eight year old Barbados Rum and Plantation Original Dark. The Becherovka and Black Walnut play well together amidst a surround of rum/cognac and are well supported by a suprisingly subtle foundation from the Punt E Mes. I liked this. Easy on the Becherovka and use plenty of the Black Walnut. Five stars!