Name: Rebennack No. 2
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti); 7.5 ml Strega liqueur; 2 dash Orange bitters; 2 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

³⁄₄ fl oz

Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Liquore Strega

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

2 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled 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 Rebennack No. 2 contains 226 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
32.08% alc./vol. (64.16° proof)
29.3 grams of pure alcohol

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

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Peter M Premium Member 45w

This worked really well with Wild Turkey "91" (50/50 mix of 101 & 81) bourbon, imho. Definitely a bit boozy and whiskey-forward, but the Ramazzotti, Strega, & bitters add quite a bit of tasty complexity.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Pretty well balanced, though I think I was a little heavy have with the bitters. Improved as it went down the glass, so to speak. Elijah Craig and all else per spec. Tasty tho not in love at this point.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Heavy handed

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

Ramazzotti cannot be bought for love or money where we are. So we went with Amaro Nardini. It was lovely but perhaps there are better substitutes?

John CARR Premium Member 2y

I’d prob go Averna, or maybe Lucano. Or a blend of the two.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

Cheers John. We have both so will give them a try.

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Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

An agreeable combination of flavors with a fresh orangy lead. Hints of mint from the Strega and a lot of subtle complexity complement well my otherwise budgety bourbon.

Chris Brislawn 2y

Made it with Rough Rider bourbon, and to prevent the Ramazzotti from getting lost as Frederic D. observed I increased it to 1 oz. Strega is pretty potent stuff and I can’t say it was “lost” amongst the other ingredients. I would claim better balance instead. Very tasty variation on the Rebennack #1.

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

Made this with Elijah Craig. I might need to either switch to a less assertive bourbon, or dial it back to 1.5 Oz. as in the #1, because the Strega and Ramazzotti were getting lost. Still a tasty drink, but in need of some tinkering to match my palate.