Name: Johnny's Dream
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 30 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Orange juice; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Blanco tequila

1 fl oz

Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Johnny's Dream contains 205 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
18.26% alc./vol. (36.52° proof)
21.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Urban myth has it, backed up by reports in mainstream media in 2023, that this cocktail features on a business card printed with only the recipe and a photograph of the lurid orange drink presented to bartenders in Los Angeles, presumably by Johnny himself, accompanied by the request, "Make this if you can."

Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 36w

This is perfect as written. Found the sweetness spot on. Very flavourful. Was looking for an aperitif which used orange juice and was not sweet. This matched. On my favourites.

Sally Morgan Premium Member 36w

slightly upped the orange juice to 7.5 ml and that was just right for me - light and fruitily acidic

Florian Ruf Premium Member 47w

Nice story, nice cocktail. For my taste it needed a little bit more sweetness, so I used a half barspoon of Agave syrup.

Werd Bmocsil 1y

Cayeya Tequila Blanco, Contratto Bitter, "cara-cara" orange juice
I ran out of lime, so added 10 ml of pure cranberry juice. Good, but maybe more orange next time.

Sean Baron 2y

I only had Anejo on hand (only Anejo! Poor me), and it wasn’t too bad to be honest. If you up the oj it makes it less bitter, depending on what oh you have. I had clementine juice, which still has some tartness to it, but still makes it a very easily drunk cocktail.