Name: Baltimore Bang
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered orange slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (sail).

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered lemon wheel and maraschino cherry sail.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Baltimore Bang contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.06% alc./vol. (44.11° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 27w

The addendum to our previous comment on this wonderful cocktail was addressed to our good host but we now realise that it may have the appearance of someone talking to themselves which, admittedly, we sometimes do. Anyway, if there's a history to this one we'd love to learn of it.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 27w

I found the reference this morning, but was waiting to reply until I'd had a chance to get behind the bar and make. I want to try with more lemon juice. Bear with me.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 27w

On the basis of comments hereunder, we were a bit trepidatious (if that's a word) that this might be a bit unbalanced. And so there was the pleasant anticipation of tinkering with a few iterations. All to be thwarted. For us this is exquisitely balanced, so fragilely (again if that's a word) that we had to serve it in a Coupe glass to ward off the sometimes dread and dead hand of dilution. We think it's a 'banger' (an excellent or memorable song...not a sausage).

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 27w

btw Simon, do you know the history to this one? We always enjoy reading the 'origin stories'.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 27w

I tried increasing the lemon juice to 22.5ml / 20ml, but ended up much preferring 15ml as per the original above.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 27w

Yes. We couldn't see a way to improve the recipe as specified.

Caitlin Eisner Premium Member 27w

Quite nice, but it's nicer when the syrup is removed and the brandy is increased.

Bocman 45w

I use a peach liqueur and it was also great 🍑

Peter M Premium Member 2y

Made this with 25 ml Wild Turkey 101 bourbon, 25 ml Wild Turkey 81 bourbon, 15 ml Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot, 15 ml lemon juice, 10 ml 2:1 sugar syrup. Very tasty. I feel like this could work well with a Rye, too, so curious to try that...

Jose Cruz 2y

used 12 YO whiskey and orgeat and 5ml more apricot trying to improve this, is just decent. 8.4/10

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

Nicely balanced with Ezra Brooks 99 sour mash and Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot. Very good sour. Gets a heart!

Juniper Lately 2y

I accidentally made this with equal parts bourbon and apricot (where are my reading glasses…) BUT it was delicious ?

Miguel Perales Premium Member 3y

A dry, not overly sweet cocktail. Bourbon is upfront, citrus mid-palate and subtle Apricot at the finish. I'm a Bourbon guy so I may try a Bottled-in-Bond (BIB) Bourbon next time.