Name: Expense Account
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 15 ml Dark/black rum; 15 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 5 ml Maple syrup; 15 ml Chilled water; 3 dash Absinthe; 2 dash Orange bitters

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Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
¹⁄₂ oz	Dark/black/blackstrap rum
¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Maple syrup
¹⁄₂ oz	Chilled water reduce if wet ice
3 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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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."

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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 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
23.96% alc./vol. (23.96° proof)
19.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

26th February at 19:35

Oh that is a cool drink! A lot of flavours and depth. The absinthe is genius, keeping it all afloat with the Calvados. The rums are obviously the body of this concoction, without ever overpowering or dominating the palate. The orange bitters serve as a nice, uplifting accent.

John CARR

25th April 2024 at 11:59

Ditto previous comments. Dilute appropriately and good long stir. Real depth of flavour. I added an extra spritz of orange bitters over the top.

John CARR

25th April 2024 at 12:03

As Simon notes, very much in the manner of an old fashioned, with corresponding sweetness, booziness and depth of flavour.

John Meier

13th August 2022 at 04:04

Yep, on the sweet side but really layered with flavors. Worked nice with a smoke generator I use once in a very great while.

Jochum Elsinga

26th April 2022 at 19:06

I agree with the notes about the sweetness, but anyway, this is absolutely delicious

Anonymous

23rd January 2022 at 00:36

Very nice cocktail. Tad on the sweeter side, but can taste all the ingredients. yummy

John Hinojos

21st October 2021 at 04:10

This is a great after dinner drink. It is a bit sweet may cut back on the maple syrup and DOM. Overall very good. Does get better the longer it sits.

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