Name: Black + Gold
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Hazelnut liqueur; 15 ml Honey and water syrup; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 drop Sesame oil

Black + Gold
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Hazelnut liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
5 drop	Sesame oil

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated lemon slice wheel with 1 drop of sesame oil on top for aromatics.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Hazelnut liqueur - Nuts
Sesame oil - Sesame

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Subtle and well-integrated hazelnut liqueur and sesame oil add to this honey and bourbon sour.

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History:

A riff on the Gold Rush created in 2017 by David Rothwhen head bartender at Covina in the Park South Hotel, New York City. (He has since progressed to Beverage Director for HI Hospitality in Florida.)

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Nutrition:

One serving of Black + Gold contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.08% alc./vol. (18.08° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Justin Aniello

8th February at 01:31

Agree with the others saying swap the lemon and frangelico, may even kick the lemon down a smidge more next time. Sesame oil and frangelico are a match made in heaven, makes me want to add a little sesame oil to some other frangelico based drinks.

Henry Tran

26th October 2024 at 17:01

I would also increase frangelico to 22.5ml. It was a bit sour for my taste.

Jason Mitchell

30th June 2024 at 01:44

I flipped the amounts of lemon and frangelico and found it brought out the sesame perfectly!

Kit P

29th September 2023 at 18:47

Should I use light sesame oil, or dark/toasted sesame oil?

Simon Difford

30th September 2023 at 08:22

I'd use what you have, but if buying, then the toasted.

James Casswell

19th August 2023 at 22:28

Too lazy to make a batch of honey syrup so used 10ml of sugar syrup in its place and still ended up with a fantastically well balanced and surprisingly subtle sour. Excellent.

lindee horman

14th May 2023 at 06:24

I really loved this cocktail. I never imagined how delicious sesame oil could be in a drink ?.

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