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Nightmare On Bourbon Street

Name: Nightmare On Bourbon Street
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Apple juice; 5 ml Peated malt whisky; 5 ml Chilli liqueur; 5 ml Cinnamon syrup; 5 ml Maple syrup; 2 dash Creole bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (12)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Chilli liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Cinnamon Syrup
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Maple syrup
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

Garnish: Sugar syrup and cinnamon powder rim

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. FLOAT dashes of bitters.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Nightmare On Bourbon Street contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.96% alc./vol. (37.91° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

I came across this cocktail in October 2022 but while I liked the name I didn't like the recipe. Hence, the spec here is my own adaption of somebody else's good idea for a cocktail.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

An enliveningly spiced Whiskey Sour designed to wake you up from your slumber.

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Monin Cinnamon Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
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$3.07 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 8 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Christopher Chaffin 1y

Too many flavors going on. do either maple or cinnamon syrups and either the chili liqueur or the peated scotch (10 mls for each) and you've got 4 different good cocktails. It just tries to be too many things at once.

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