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Brainstorm (straight-up)

Name: Brainstorm (straight-up)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Irish whiskey; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 15 ml Dry vermouth

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Irish whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Brainstorm (straight-up) contains 200 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.61% alc./vol. (57.22° proof)
25.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

The Brainstorm is a classic which first appeared in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition) [It may have also appeared in his 1916 first edition.] and, like so many of Ensslin's recipes, was repeated in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Both vintage books stipulate that this cocktail is served on-the-rocks. The now more popular straight-up version (recipe above) originated in 2022 by Al Sotack at Jupiter Disco, a science fiction-inspired cocktail bar in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

BRAIN STORM COCKTAIL
Cube of Ice
2 dash Bénédictine
1 piece Orange Peel
2 dashes French Vermouth
1 drink of Irish whiskey
Use an Old Fashioned Cocktail glass and serve with a small bar spoon in glass.
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes For Mixed Drinks, 1917

Review

A reproportioned version of the pre-Prohibition classic Brainstorm, served straight-up rather than on-the-rocks.

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Comments & Discussion

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Caitlin Eisner Premium Member 49w

I feel like adding Bénédictine to anything will make it better.

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

One of these perfectly fine, but also rather unremarkable drinks. Obviously the quality and character of your whiskey will have a huge impact here.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 2y

I love Bene but a touch too sweet.

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