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Rust & Bone

Name: Rust and Bone
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lucano amaro
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rust & Bone contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
32.18% alc./vol. (64.35° proof)
25.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Sandy de Almeida at The Drake Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Originally made with cedar-infused Four Roses Bourbon (a small handful of cedar chips infused in 75cl of bourbon for 4 hours) and Amaro Nonino.

More cocktails by Sandy de Almeida

Review

A bittersweet Old Fashioned with pleasing herbal complexity.

Maker's Mark bourbon 375ml - makes 7.5 cocktails
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Amaro Lucano 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail Amaro Lucano image

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$37.99 $0.76 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$3.93 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 7.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Mookie Premium Member 27w

in the absence of lucano I went with averna (and an extra half dash of bitters) - delightful!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Potent! Recognisably an old fashioned, the amaro creates a similar effect to Averna in a black Manhattan. I’d be interested to try a nonino version to see whether it’s a bit more relaxed.

Matt Premium Member 1y

Boozy heat from the bourbon is the dominant player, but the rich sweetness of the Benedictine smooths things out, and the herbs/botanicals of the amaro couple with the Ango (and saline) to create a unique twist on a bourbon old-fashioned. Excellent cocktail.

Thierry Vandevelde 1y

Herbal complexity and a tad of bitterness add another layer of pleasure to an old fashioned. Nice !

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