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 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

1 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Crème de cassis liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel/wedge &/or blackcurrants/blackberries when in season.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon &/or berries.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bourbon Renewal contains 228 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
19.22% alc./vol. (38.44° proof)
23.8 grams of pure alcohol

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."

Comments & Discussion

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Romina 13w

I replaced the sugar syrup with crème de cassis and I really like it

JeffAlex Premium Member 21w

A very interesting drink. The cassis and bourbon combination blends into a fruity taste but with a finish more like hazelnut. Play with the lemon juice and cassis proportions—if you like cassis, you can boost that a bit and reduce the sugar syrup.

Avery Garnett 2y

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 Premium Member 3y

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 Premium Member 3y

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

Brett Luttrell Premium Member 3y

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.