Expense Account

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UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz
Ingredients:
1/2 fl oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
1/2 fl oz Dark/black/blackstrap rum
1/2 fl oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1/2 fl oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1/6 fl oz Maple syrup
1/2 fl oz Chilled water (reduce if wet ice)
3 dash La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
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Strength & taste guide:


Review:

This particular Expense Account has a distinctly festive flavour with notes of sweet cinnamon (not an ingredient) and is best described as being an expensive "Festive Rum Old Fashioned."

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Peter Hill at the Albert Street Cocktail Company bar in Winnipeg, Canada.

Nutrition:

One serving of Expense Account contains 207 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 23.95% alc./vol. (47.9° proof)
  • 19.5 grams of pure alcohol
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The founder of Bacardi was a Catalan wine merchant called Facundo Bacardi Massó, who left Spain for Cuba in 1830.

Valentine's Day image

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On this day in 1900, Fernand Pete Petiot was born in Paris, to parents who owned a guesthouse - he would come to fame, correctly or otherwise, as the inventor

Margarita Day image

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There are days for most things in the US, but Margarita Day is a subject very close to our hearts. Because, no matter who invented this classic cocktail,

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