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Commodore No. 3

Name: Commodore No. 3
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of one-third lemon slice wheel 'fan'.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon slice fan on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Commodore No. 3 contains 146 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
24.47% alc./vol. (48.95° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

We have the Commodore No. 1 and No. 2 from Albert S. Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Bar Daysbut as David A. Embury says in his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, "Another version of the Commodore calls for whisky instead of rum, omits the egg white, and uses orange bitters in place of the grenadine. Obviously, the two Commodores command two different fleets."

Embury is perhaps referring to this "Commodore Cocktail" which appears in Harry McElhone's 1922 Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails and Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Commodore Cocktail.
1 teaspoonful Gomme Syrup, 2 dashes Orange Bitters, Juice of half a Lime, glass of Rye Whisky.
Recipe by Phil Gross, Cincinnati, O.
Harry McElhone, 1922

COMMODORE COCKTAIL.
1 Teaspoon Syrup
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
The Juice of ½ Lime or ¼ Lemon
1 Glass Canadian Club Whiskey
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Review

A short, sharp, pleasing rye whiskey sour.

Variations/similar cocktails

Commodore No. 1; Commodore No. 2

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Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

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Makes a minimum of 75 cocktails.
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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 4w

They really did know how to make a great cocktail back in the day. This is absurdly simple to make for such a perfectly balanced and delicious drink.

Myxo Gastrid 3y

Made mine with some Canadian rye and mugolio/pinecone syrup and it was incredible. Would be nice stretched over some soda also, probably...

Frédéric Boulais Premium Member 3y

Great, simple, refreshing cocktail with not too much ingredients. Perfect for a hot summer day or if you want a softer version of a whisky sour.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Great cocktail. The rye is central, so it must be of perfect flavour. The lemon adds a nice citrus touch.

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