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Fairbanks

Name: Fairbanks
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 1 dash Boker's style bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Difford's Bokers Bitters By Bob's Bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Classico Margot 25cl Old Fashioned

Method

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Fairbanks contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
36.18% alc./vol. (72.37° proof)
27.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

The Fairbanks first appearance in a cocktail recipe book is in J. A. Grohusko's 1908 Jack's Manual, followed by Jacques Straub's 1914 book Drinks.

Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852 - 1918) was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana before becoming the 26th Vice President of the United States. As an advisor to President William McKinley, he served on a commission to settle the Alaska boundary dispute, and the city of Fairbanks in Alaska and the Fairbanks North Star Borough within which it lies are named after him. As are Fairbanks in Minnesota, Fairbanks in Oregon, and Fairbanks Township in Michigan.

FAIRBANKS COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Boker's Bitters
90% rye whiskey
10% apricot brandy
½ glass of fine ice.
Shake, strain and serve.
J. A. Grohusko, Jack's Manual, 1908

Fairbank's Cocktail.
10 dashes apricot brandy.
1 jigger rye whiskey.
1 dash Angostura bitters.
Serve in old-fashioned glass.
Jacques Straub, Drinks, 1914

Review

Spirit-forward rye whiskey (especially if you are following my preference for 50% alc./vol. straight rye) with a hint of spiced apricot fruitiness. If you don't have Boker's Bitters, regular aromatic bitters also work well and help tone the apricot liqueur.

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail

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Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Haley Premium Member 1y

Very nice alternative to an evening Manhatten or Old Fashioned.

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Great sipping cocktail. Strong rye flavour with the hint of spiced apricots. Also worked well as an aperitif. Definitely on the Favourites List.

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