Name: Liberal
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2.5 ml Amer Picon; 1 dash Orange bitters

Liberal
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Photographed in a Bespoke Nick & Nora

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Amer Picon
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spirit-forward and best described as a Manhattan for libertarians, or indeed for anyone of any political persuasion seeking balance.

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Variant:

Cuban Liberal

History:

The first known recipe for a Liberal cocktail appears in George Kappeler's 1895 Modern American Drinks. Versions of the Liberal then appear in Thos. Stuart's 1904 Stuart' s Fancy Drinks And How To Mix Them; Jacques Straub's 1913 Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks; and Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days.

Liberal Cocktail.
Fill a mixing-glass half-full fine ice, add one dash syrup, half a jigger Amer Picon bitters, half a jigger whiskey. Mix, strain into cocktail glass. A small piece of lemon peel on top. Serve.
George J. Kappeler, 1930

Liberal Cocktail.
1/3 Pecon Bitters.
1/3 whiskey.
1/3 Italian vermouth.
3 0r 4 dashes absinthe.
Thos. Stuart, Nov. 1904

LIBERAL COCKTAIL.
1/3 Jigger Italian Vermouth.
2/3 Jigger Rye Whiskey.
1 Dash Amer Picon.
Stir.
Jacques Straub, 1913

LIBERAL
Dash of Orange Bitters
Three dashes Amer Picon
One-half Whiskey
One-half Italian Vermuth
Stir.
Albert Stevens Crockett, 1931

Nutrition:

One serving of Liberal contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
28.29% alc./vol. (28.29° proof)
22 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.