Name: Bourbon Renewal
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Bourbon Renewal
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Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Double old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel/wedge &/or blackcurrants/blackberries when in season.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with lemon &/or berries.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Berry fruit supplements rather than dominates bourbon in this sour.

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Variant:

Fogerty

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2004 by Jeffrey Morgenthaler at Bel Ami Lounge in Eugene, Oregon. Jeff named this cocktail after a band his business partner, Tony Figoli, was in years before, saying "I thought the name was absolutely brilliant, so I decided to do up a drink to commemorate the band – and my favorite spirit at the time."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bourbon Renewal contains 228 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
19.12% alc./vol. (19.12° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett

22nd October 2023 at 18:38

As you'd expect from Morgenthaler, a very tasty and balanced drink. It's nothing unique - it's a blackcurrant whiskey sour - but it's still great.

Frédéric Boulais

17th July 2023 at 20:06

One of my favorite summer drink. I love how the Cassis plays with every other part of this drink. it's so good.

Miguel Perales

18th April 2023 at 23:06

I really liked this cocktail. Citrus sourness come through but not too much and it plays well off the Bourbon.

Brett Luttrell

5th April 2023 at 02:12

I love this drink and have enjoyed it many times – some directly from the hand of Mr. Morgenthaler. Just recently, however, I discovered I was out of Bourbon, so I decided to sub in Johnny Walker Black. Still works! And thus, a new drink ‘round my house was born: The Urbane Restorative – an homage to the late Christopher Hitchens, whose love of “Mr. Walker’s Amber Restorative” was no secret. And in proper tribute, I then proceeded to take on all comers in a spirited defense of whiskey sours.