Name: American Breakfast
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Maple syrup

American Breakfast
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Maple syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This citrus fresh bourbon-laced drink would be great with your morning muesli.

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Variant:

Brown Derby

Nutrition:

One serving of American Breakfast contains 213 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.06% alc./vol. (22.06° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

27th July 2023 at 14:38

Playing around with this, I found this recipe most suitable to my taste: 50 ml bottled-in-bond bourbon, 20 ml pink grapefruit juice, 15 ml maple syrup, 10 ml lemon juice. I was hoping the bourbon would stand out more, so maybe 60 ml standard strength bourbon would be preferable.